Spain 1837-Seg 8 maravedis KM-516

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Áureo y Calicó sale 347, lot 410

This specimen was lot 410 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €4,100 (about US$5,411 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1837. Carlos V, Pretendiente. Segovia. 8 maravedís. Muy bella, posiblemente la mejor conocida. Sólo hemos tenido otro ejemplar. Ex Colección O'Donnell, Áureo 19/11/2003, nº 1. Rarísima. S/C-. (kingdom of Spain, pretneder Charles V, eight maravedis of 1837, Segovia mint. Very handsome, perhaps the finest known. We only know of one other example. Rare, about uncirculated."

On the death of Ferdinand VII, his daughter Isabel II succeeded to the throne. This was contested by Ferdinand's brother Carlos, who appealed to the conservative and ultra-Catholic factions of Spain. His main base was in Navarre and Catalonia, provinces with strong separatist tendencies, but he managed to hold Segovia long enough to strike this eight maravedis and a silver peseta, both rare. He was defeated and exiled in 1840, but Carlist rebellions smoldered for the rest of the century, particularly when the regime in Madrid was divided and weak.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 11,07 g.

Catalog reference: KM 516, Cayón-16517, AC. 3.

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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.

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