Vilafranca del Penedes 1642 5 sous

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Aureo sale 291, lot 1012

This specimen was lot 1012 in Aureo sale 291 (Barcelona, April 2017), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,058 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1642. Guerra dels Segadors. Vilafranca del Penedès. 5 sous. Anv.: Armas catalanas entre y . PRIN T-VS-CA 1642. Rev.: Roel en 2º y 3er cuartel. -VIL-A FR-ANC-A PE. Principat. Acuñación algo floja. Muy bella. Pátina. Rarísima y más así. EBC-. (Vilafranca del Penedès, War of the Reapers, five sous of 1642, Obverse: crowned arms of Catalonia divide 'V-S'; reverse: rings in second and fourth quarters, pellets in first and third quarters. Slightly weak strike, very handsome, toned, extremely rare thus, nearly extremely fine.)"

Lluís XIII is better known to history as Louis XIII of France. During the War of the Pyrenees (ended 1659), the French occupied Catalonia with the collaboration of the locals and struck coins there. This type was struck in Vilafranca del Penedès and is unlisted in the SCWC, which mentions a five reales from this town for 1641-42. It is presumably quite rare.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 5,96 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-6882, KM unlisted, Cru.C.G. 4684, Cru.Segadors 199 (plate coin), Cal. 115.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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, Ferrán, Xavier Calicó and Joaquin Trigo, Monedas Españolas desde Felipe II a Isabel II, Años: 1556 a 1868, 5ª edicion, Barcelona: Gráficas Reclam, 1982.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 291: Collección Egara, vol. II y Collección Verdaguer, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2017.

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