Spain 1834-M NC 20 reales
This specimen was lot 473 in Aureo y Calicó sale 233 (Barcelona, April 2011), where it sold for 2,600 euros (about US$4,330 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1834. Madrid. NC. 20 reales. Insignificantes marquitas. Bella. Muy rara y más así. EBC/EBC+. (Twenty reales of 1834, Madrid mint. Insignificant marks, handsome, very rare, extremely fine.)
The "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, set 20 reales = 1 peso instead of the traditional eight. The coins minted using that standard were not marked in any way different from the concurrent eight reales standard, a source of confusion for collectors today, It must have been a major irritant for the inhabitants of the time. This type, struck 1834-36, is scarce and this date is rare.
Recorded mintage: 4,739 plus an unknown number for assayer DG.
Specification: 27.07 g, 0.896 fine silver, .785 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 576, Cal. 159, Dav-330.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, COLECCIÓN ANASTASIA DE QUIROGA, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
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