Spain 1852 10 reales 8 point star
The first specimen shown was lot 393 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 240 euros (about US$396 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1852. Barcelona. 10 reales. Leves golpecitos. Bella. Parte de brillo original. Muy escasa así. EBC+. (Ten reales of 1852, Barcelona mint, light marks, nice original luster, very scarce thus, choice extremely fine.)
The second specimen was lot 2354 in Goldberg sale 122 (Los Angeles, June 2021), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[2] noted, "Spain. 10 Reales, 1852 (Barcelona). Isabel II. Sharply struck with original mint fresh luster. NGC graded MS-65." This Spanish ten reales was struck in Barcelona during the middle years of Isabel II (1833-68). This type was struck in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville 1851-56. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). The "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, was finally dropped. The 20 reales was reduced to 26.91 grams and the copper maravedis dropped in favor of 1/20, 1/10 and 1/5 reales. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.
Recorded mintage: unknown; a common date.
Specification: 13.14 g, 0.900 fine silver, .380 troy oz ASW, 29 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17097, KM 595.1, Cal-207.
- 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
- [2]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 122: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2021.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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