Vilafranca del Penedes 1642 seiseno
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This specimen was lot 1412 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 85 € (about US$110 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1642. Reaper's war. Vilafranca del Penedès. 1 sisè. Principat. Rare. BC+/MBC-." During the War of the Pyrenees (ended 1659), the French occupied Catalonia with the collaboration of the locals and struck coins there. This is the only copper issue of this town during the Principat period. Some rare silver five sous and five reales also exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: copper, this specimen 4,78 g.
Catalog reference: AC. 268, Cru.C.G. 4685, Cayón-6871, KM 88 (listed under Catalonia).
- 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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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