Spain 1874 5 pesetas KMX-PT4

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 34311

This specimen was lot 34311 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Elusive 'Date on Obverse' Charles VII 5 Pesetas, The Single Finest Certified by NGC, SPAIN. Silver 5 Pesetas Pattern, 1874. Brussels Mint. Charles VII. NGC MS-65. Date on Obverse - Reeded edge variety. A magnificently preserved Gem, this outstanding pattern presents bold, well-executed designs that are lightly frosted and offer a cameo-like appearance when set again the smooth and highly reflective fields. A beneficiary of ages of safe-keeping, the surfaces have acquired highly coveted tone, which concentrates around the designs, highlighting them in variegated russet and blue hues. The single finest graded by NGC or PCGS, this single-year type is sure to thrill the collector of world-class crowns. From the Avrabanel Collection." This pattern was also struck in copper. There is no evidence that this or any other Carlist coinage ever circulated.

Wikipedia comments,

"The Third Carlist War (Spanish: Tercera Guerra Carlista) (1872–1876) was the last Carlist War in Spain. It is sometimes referred to as the "Second Carlist War", as the earlier "Second" War (1847–1849) was smaller in scale and relatively trivial in political consequence.
Leading up to the war, Queen Isabella II abdicated the throne in 1868, and the unpopular Amadeo I, son of the King of Italy, was proclaimed King of Spain in 1870. In response, the Carlist pretender, Carlos VII, tried to earn the support of various Spanish regions by promising to reintroduce various area-specific customs and laws. The Carlists proclaimed the restoration of Catalan, Valencian and Aragonese fueros (charters) which had been abolished at the beginning of the 18th century by King Philip V in his unilateral Nueva Planta decrees.
The call for rebellion made by the Carlists was echoed in Catalonia and especially in the Basque region (Gipuzkoa, Álava, Biscay and Navarre), where the Carlists managed to design a temporary state. During the war, Carlist forces occupied several inland Spanish towns, the most important ones being La Seu d'Urgell and Estella in Navarre. They also laid siege to the cities of Bilbao and San Sebastián, but failed to seize them.
The Third Carlist War saw a series of regime changes in Spain, beginning with the declaration of the First Spanish Republic after the abdication of Amadeo I in February 1873. Over one year later, in December 1874, a military coup installed a new Bourbon monarch, Alfonso XII, marking the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration in Spain.
After four years of war, on 28 February 1876, Carlos VII was defeated, and went into exile in France. On the same day, King Alfonso XII of Spain entered Pamplona. After the end of the war, the Basque charters (fueros/foruak) were abolished, shifting the border customs from the Ebro River to the Spanish coast. In the chartered territories, home rule provisions, left over from the resolution of the First Carlist War, were abolished, and conscription of youth in the Spanish army became compulsory."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17467, KMX-PT4; Cal-Type 6#11.

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.
Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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