Spain 1864 20 reales 6 point star - Revision history

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[[Image:Spain 1864M 20 reales Aureo 232-2424g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 2424]]

The specimen shown was lot 2424 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 112 euros (about US$185 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1864. Madrid. 20 reales. MBC-/MBC.'' (Twenty reales of 1864, Madrid mint, very fine.)"</blockquote> This Spanish twenty reales was part of the first decimal reform of 1850-64. In 1850, the twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams. This having proven unsatisfactory, the coinage was reformed again in 1864. The twenty reales was dropped in favor of a two escudos silver coin, reduced to 25.96 grams. One hundred centimos = one escudo. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by three, four, six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Segovia, Jubia, Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,776,000.

''Specification:'' 26.91 g, .900 fine silver, .760 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17236]], KM 609.2, Cal. 186, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-334]].

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

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1863 20 reales 6 point star|1863(m) 20 reales]]
* [[Spain 1864-Seg 5 centimos|1864-Seg 5 céntimos]]
* [[Spain 1864-Ba 25 centimos|1864-Ba 25 céntimos]]
* [[Spain 1864-Seg 25 centimos|1864-Seg 25 céntimos]]* [[Spain 1864 2 reales 7 point star|1864(s) 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1864 4 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1864 10 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 10 reales]]
* [[Spain 1864 40 reales 8 point star|1864(b) 40 reales]]
* [[Spain 1864 40 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 40 reales]]
* [[Spain 1864 100 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 100 reales]]
* return to coins of [[Spain]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1864]]

[[Category:Silver pesos of Spain]][[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 232]]

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 [[Image:Spain 1864M 20 reales Aureo 232-2424g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 2424]]
-The specimen shown was lot 2424 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 112 euros (about US$185 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1864. Madrid. 20 reales. MBC-/MBC.'' (Twenty reales of 1864, Madrid mint, very fine.)"</blockquote>  This Spanish twenty reales was part of the first decimal reform of 1850-64. In 1850, the twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams. This having proven unsatisfactory, the coinage was reformed again in 1864. The twenty reales was dropped in favor of a two escudos silver coin, reduced to 25.96 grams. One hundred centimos = one escudo. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by three, four, six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Segovia, Jubia, Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.
+The specimen shown was lot 2424 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 112 euros (about US$185 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1864. Madrid. 20 reales. MBC-/MBC.'' (Twenty reales of 1864, Madrid mint, very fine.)"</blockquote>  This Spanish twenty reales was part of the first decimal reform of 1850-64. In 1850, the twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams. This having proven unsatisfactory, the coinage was reformed again in 1864. The twenty reales was dropped in favor of a two escudos silver coin, reduced to 25.96 grams. One hundred centimos = one escudo. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by three, four, six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Segovia, Jubia, Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 649,216.

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 ''Recorded mintage:'' 649,216.
-''Specification:'' 25.96 g, .900 fine silver, .751 troy oz ASW.
+''Specification:'' 25.96 g, 0.900 fine silver, .751 troy oz ASW.
 ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17236]], KM 609.2, Cal. 186, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-334]].

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 * [[Spain 1864-Seg 5 centimos|1864-Seg 5 céntimos]]
 * [[Spain 1864-Ba 25 centimos|1864-Ba 25 céntimos]]
-* [[Spain 1864-Seg 25 centimos|1864-Seg 25 céntimos]]* [[Spain 1864 real 7 point star|1864(s) real]]
+* [[Spain 1864-Seg 25 centimos|1864-Seg 25 céntimos]]
 * [[Spain 1864 2 reales 7 point star|1864(s) 2 reales]]
 * [[Spain 1864 4 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 4 reales]]

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 The specimen shown was lot 2424 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 112 euros (about US$185 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1864. Madrid. 20 reales. MBC-/MBC.'' (Twenty reales of 1864, Madrid mint, very fine.)"</blockquote>  This Spanish twenty reales was part of the first decimal reform of 1850-64. In 1850, the twenty reales was reduced to 26.91 grams. This having proven unsatisfactory, the coinage was reformed again in 1864. The twenty reales was dropped in favor of a two escudos silver coin, reduced to 25.96 grams. One hundred centimos = one escudo. Instead of the traditional "M" and "S" mintmarks the issues are distinguished by three, four, six, seven or eight pointed stars on the reverse (for Segovia, Jubia, Madrid, Seville and Barcelona). Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.
-''Recorded mintage:'' 2,776,000.
+''Recorded mintage:'' 649,216.
-''Specification:'' 26.91 g, .900 fine silver, .760 troy oz ASW.
+''Specification:'' 25.96 g, .900 fine silver, .751 troy oz ASW.
 ''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17236]], KM 609.2, Cal. 186, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-334]].
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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.
 * <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
 * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.