Spain 1858 4 reales 6 point star - Revision history

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - " .900 fine" to " 0.900 fine"

2023-11-28T03:15:13Z

Text replacement - " .900 fine" to " 0.900 fine"

LatinKing2020: revised bibliography

2021-10-31T21:35:53Z

revised bibliography

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2021-01-15T10:12:39Z

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[[Image:Spain 1858m 4 reales obv Raz.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Razorback Collection]]
[[Image:Spain 1858m 4 reales rev Raz.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This type was struck in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville 1856-64. Instead of the traditional mintmarks the issues are distinguished by six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). In 1850, 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. Under the new system, this four reales was worth one fifth of a peso instead of the former half. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before. The coinage would be reformed a second time in 1866.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common.

''Specification:'' 5.26 g, .900 fine silver, .152 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17040]], KM 608.2.

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

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1856 4 reales 6 point star|1856(m) 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1857 2 reales 8 point star|1857(b) 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1858 real 7 point star|1858(s) real]]
* [[Spain 1858-Ba 2 maravedis|1858-B<sup>A</sup> 2 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1858-Ba 8 maravedis|1858-Ba 8 maravedis]]
* [[Spain 1858 4 reales 7 point star|1858(s) 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1858 20 reales 6 point star|1858(m) 20 reales]]
* [[Spain 1858 100 reales 8 point star|1858(b) 100 reales]]
* [[Spain 1858 100 reales 6 point star|1858(m) 100 reales]]
* [[Spain 1858 100 reales 7 point star|1858(s) 100 reales]]
* [[Spain 1864 4 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 4 reales]]
* return to coins of [[Spain]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1858]]

[[Category: Selections from the Razorback Collection]]

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 ''Recorded mintage:'' 2,439,734.
-''Specification:'' 5.19 g, .900 fine silver, .150 troy oz AS, 23.4-23.6 mm diameter.
+''Specification:'' 5.19 g, 0.900 fine silver, .150 troy oz AS, 23.4-23.6 mm diameter.
 ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17040]], KM 608.2.

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 This type was struck in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville 1856-64. Instead of the traditional mintmarks the issues are distinguished by six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). In 1850, 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. Under the new system, this four reales was worth one fifth of a peso instead of the former half. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before. The coinage would be reformed a second time in 1866.
-''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common.
+''Recorded mintage:'' 2,439,734.
-''Specification:'' 5.26 g, .900 fine silver, .152 troy oz ASW.
+''Specification:'' 5.19 g, .900 fine silver, .150 troy oz AS, 23.4-23.6 mm diameter.
 ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17040]], KM 608.2.
@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 * 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.