Spain 1848-M CL 4 reales
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This specimen was lot 704 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €230 (about US$304 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1848. Isabel II. Madrid. CL. 4 reales. Bella. Brillo original. Escasa así. EBC+. (kingdom of Spain, Isabel II, four reales of 1848, Madrid mint. Handsome, original luster, scarce thus, choice extremely fine.)"
This issue, struck 1837-49 at Barcelona, Madrid and Seville, is common. When production resumed in 1852, it was with a different obverse.
Recorded mintage: 2,955,356.
Specification: 5.97 g, 0.812 fine silver, 23-24 mm diameter, this specimen 5,19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 519.2, Cayón-17018, Cal-295.
- 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.
- 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 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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