Spain 1843-B CC 80 reales
This specimen was lot 560 in Aureo y Calicó sale 233 (Barcelona, April 2011), where it sold for 3,500 euros (about US$5,827 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1843. Barcelona. CC. 80 reales. Levísimos golpecitos. Muy bella. Brillo original. Muy rara y más así. EBC-/EBC. (Eighty reales of 1843, Barcelona mint, light marks, handsome, original luster, very rare, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck at Barcelona (shown here), Madrid and Seville 1837-49 in sufficient numbers that it is one of the more common Spanish gold coins of the period. This particular issue, however, is a key date. It is the same size as the old two escudos struck in Ferdinand's time.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 21 mm diameter, 6.77 g, .875 fine gold, .190 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17326, KM 578.1, Cal. 61.
- 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.
- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, COLECCIÓN ANASTASIA DE QUIROGA, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
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