Spain 1854 20 reales 7 point star - Revision history

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[[Image:Spain 1854S 20 reales Aureo 238-0540g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 238, lot 540]]

This specimen was lot 540 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 160 euro (about US$254 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1854. Sevilla. 20 reales. Escasa así. MBC+/EBC-.'' (Twenty reales of 1854, Seville mint. Scarce thus, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> This Spanish twenty reales de vellon was struck in Seville during the middle years of Isabel II (1833-68). This type was struck in [[Spain 1851 20 reales 8 point star|Barcelona]], [[Spain 1854 20 reales 6 point star|Madrid]] and Seville 1850-55. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). The "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, was finally dropped. The twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams and the copper maravedis dropped in favor of 1/20, 1/10 and 1/5 reales. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but not rare.

''Specification:'' 26.29 g, .900 fine silver, .761 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17201]], Cal. 1925, KM 593.3, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-333]].

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Subasta Colleción Leunda,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó Subastas Numismáticas, 2011.
* 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.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1851 20 reales 8 point star|1851(b) 20 reales]]
* [[Spain 1852 20 reales 7 point star|1852(s) 20 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 20 reales 6 point star|1854(m) 20 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 4 reales 7 point star|1854(s) 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 4 reales 8 point star|1854(b) 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 10 reales 8 point star|1854(b) 10 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 10 reales 7 point star|1854(s) 10 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 100 reales 8 point star|1854(b) 100 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 100 reales 7 point star|1854(s) 100 reales]]
* [[Spain 1855 20 reales 7 point star|1855(s) 20 reales]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1854]]
* return to coins of [[Spain]]

[[Category:Silver pesos of Spain]][[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 238]]

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 [[Image:Spain 1854S 20 reales Aureo 238-0540g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 238, lot 540]]
-This specimen was lot 540 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 160 euro (about US$254 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1854. Sevilla. 20 reales. Escasa así. MBC+/EBC-.'' (Twenty reales of 1854, Seville mint. Scarce thus, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> This Spanish twenty reales de vellon was struck in Seville during the middle years of Isabel II (1833-68). This type was struck in [[Spain 1851 20 reales 8 point star|Barcelona]], [[Spain 1854 20 reales 6 point star|Madrid]] and Seville 1850-55. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). The "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, was finally dropped. The twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams and the copper maravedis dropped in favor of 1/20, 1/10 and 1/5 reales. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.
+The first specimen was lot 540 in Aureo & Calicó sale 238 (Barcelona, November 2011), where it sold for 160 euro (about US$254 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1854. Sevilla. 20 reales. Escasa así. MBC+/EBC-.'' (Twenty reales of 1854, Seville mint. Scarce thus, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> This Spanish twenty reales de vellon was struck in Seville during the middle years of Isabel II (1833-68). This type was struck in [[Spain 1851 20 reales 8 point star|Barcelona]], [[Spain 1854 20 reales 6 point star|Madrid]] and Seville 1850-55. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). The "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, was finally dropped. The twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams and the copper maravedis dropped in favor of 1/20, 1/10 and 1/5 reales. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but not rare.
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 * return to coins of [[Spain]]
-[[Category:Silver pesos of Spain]][[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 238]]
+[[Category:Silver pesos of Spain]][[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 238]][[Category: Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

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 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but not rare.
-''Specification:'' 26.29 g, .900 fine silver, .761 troy oz ASW.
+''Specification:'' 26.29 g, 0.900 fine silver, .761 troy oz ASW.
 ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17201]], Cal. 1925, KM 593.3, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-333]].

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 * 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.
 * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.