View source for Catalonia 1838 3 cuartos

[[Image:Spain 1838 3 quartos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This copper coin was issued from Barcelona for use there and in [[Coinage of Catalonia|Catalonia]]. It was issued 1836-46 and accompanied by a copper [[Catalonia 1838 6 cuartos|six quartos]]. In the local currency, three quartos = 1/40 peso. This coin is not common but priced rather low in the SCWC. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848, after which regular [[Spain|Spanish]] coinage was used.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper, 6.6 g, 26.0-26.2 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-16662]], KM 126, Cal. 704.

''[[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.
* O'Connor, Patrick, ''The Coins of Queen Isabel II of Spain: A Detailed Study of the Coins, Patterns and Medals of Her Reign'', San Antonio, TX: Aurora Rarities, LLC, 2017.

''Link to:''
* [[Barcelona 1823 3 quartos]]
* [[Spain 1837-DG 2 maravedis|1837-DG 2 maravedis]]
* [[Catalonia 1837 3 quartos]]
* [[Spain 1838-J 2 maravedis|1838-J 2 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1838-Seg 2 maravedis|1838-Seg 2 maravedis]]
* [[Catalonia 1838 6 cuartos]]
* [[Spain 1838-M DG real|1838-M pattern real]]
* [[Spain 1838-M CL real|1838-M real]]
* [[Spain 1838-M CL 20 reales|1838-M 20 reales]] 
* [[Spain 1838-B PS 80 reales|1838-B 80 reales]]
* [[Catalonia 1841 3 cuartos|1841 3 cuartos]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1838]]
* return to [[Coinage of Catalonia]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]