Spain 1836-B PS 4 reales

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Aureo sale 242, lot 372

The specimen shown was lot 372 in Aureo y Calicó sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2012), where it sold for 250 € (about US$388 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Isabel II (1833-1868). 1836. Barcelona. PS. 4 reales. Limpiada. Bella. Rara y más así. EBC/EBC+. (Isabel II, 1833-68, four reales of 1836, Barcelona mint. Cleaned but still nice, Rare thus, extremely fine.)"

The type was struck in Barcelona 1836-37, in Madrid 1834-36 and Seville 1835-36; the Madrid issues are the most common. The "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, set twenty reales = one 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. In 1850 the currency was decimalized and the twenty reales reduced to 26.91 grams.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rather scarce.

Specification: 5.97 g, 0.812 fine silver, .156 troy oz ASW, 23-24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16971, KM 514, Cal. 259.

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.
  • O'Connor, Patrick, The Coins of Queen Isabel II of Spain: A Detailed Study of the Coins, Patterns and Medals of Her Reign, San Antonio, TX: Aurora Rarities, LLC, 2017.
  • Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

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