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[[Image:Aureo 448-0083.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 83]]

This specimen was lot 83 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 28,000 € (about US$36,577 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Ferran II (1479-1516). Barcelona. Double principat. Obv.: Bust right, behind, escutcheon of the Sanchezes. FERDINANDVS:DEI:GRACIA●REX●. Rev.: Coat of arms between B and B with the arms of Sicily-Catalonia-Naples tierced vertically. ARAGONVM*COMES BARCh. Nice. Lovely color. Very rare, especially in this condition. EBC- [about extremely fine]. Ex Aureo & Calico Selection 2019, no. 106. Ex Golf Collection. Purchased by Xavier Calicó in a private deal in 1972." This rare type was issued by Ferdinand of Aragon just before he and his wife Isabella issued a unified gold coinage based on the excelente.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.99 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-2338]], Fr-31, Cru.V.S. 1128, Cru.C.G. 3059b, AC-127, same example. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* 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. 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Majorca (1474-1516) ducat Fr-52]]
* [[Valencia (1483)-SS ducat Fr-86]]
* [[Navarre (1493)-P P ducat]]
* [[Catalonia (1493) ducat Fr-32]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1493]]
* return to [[Coinage of Catalonia]]

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