Spain 1833-Seg 4 maravedis

courtesy Soler y Llach

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The Spanish mints feature large issues of a variety of copper coins which did not circulate at all in the Spanish American colonies. In the predecimal system which obtained until 1847, 34 maravedis = one real of silver. This four maravedis was worth 1/68 of a dollar; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Segovia 1813-33 and was accompanied by copper one, two and eight maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14876, KM 489.1.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
• Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Martí Hervera, Soler y Llach Subastas Internacionales, Subasta Numismática, 5 de Noviembre 2009, Barcelona, 2009.

Link to:

• 1827-Seg 2 maravedis
• 1830-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1833-Seg 2 maravedis
• 1833-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1833-M ½ real
• 1833-M 2 reales
• 1833-S 2 reales
• 1833-M 20 reales de vellon
• 1836-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1837-J^A 4 maravedis
• 1837-Ja 8 maravedis
• Coins and currency dated 1833
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)