View source for Catalonia 1811 1-1/2 cuartos

[[Image:Catalonia 1811 1-5 cuarto Aureo 232-2354g.jpg|550px|thumb|Auero sale 232, lot 2354]]
[[Image:Catalonia 1811 1-5 cuartos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
[[Image:Catalonia 1811 1-5 cuartos rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]]

The first specimen was lot 2354 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, [[Spain]], March 2011), where it sold for 40 euros (about US$66 with buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1811. Catalunya. 1 cuarto y medio. MBC-.'' (Catalonia, one and a half cuartos, nearly extremely fine.)"</blockquote>  This copper coin was issued from Barcelona after the French occupation for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1811-13 and accompanied by a three and six cuartos (sometimes spelled "quartos"). In the local currency, five pesetas = one peso. This coin is not common. The last local [[Coinage of Catalonia|Catalan]] issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-14753]], KM 117, Cal. 1529. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.

''Link to:''
* [[Barcelona 1810 quarto]]
* [[Catalonia 1810 6 quartos|1810 6 quartos]]
* [[Catalonia 1811 3 quartos]]
* [[Barcelona 1811 4 quartos]]
* [[Barcelona 1811 peseta]]
* [[Spain 1811-C SF 2 reales|1811-C SF 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1811-C CI 2 reales|1811-C CI 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1811-V GS 2 reales|1811-V 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1811-M AI 4 reales|1811-M 4 reales de vellon]]
* [[Spain 1811-V SG 4 reales|1811-V 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1811-M AI 20 reales|1811-M 20 reales de vellon]]
* [[Spain 1811-C CI 2 escudos|1811-C 2 escudos]]
* [[Spain 1811-M AI 80 reales|1811-M 80 reales]]
* [[Spain 1811-C CI 8 escudos|1811-C 8 escudos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1811]]

[[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 232]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]