Spain 1799-Seg 2 maravedis

Aureo sale 232, lot 1324

The specimen shown was lot 1324 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 45 euros (about US$74.25 including buyer's fee). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Carlos IV (1788-1808). 1799. Segovia. 2 maravedís. Leves hojitas. Bella. Escasa así. (EBC). (Charles IV, 1788-1808, two maravedis of 1799, Segovia mint, light pits, nice, scarce thus, extremely fine.)"

This type was issued at Segovia 1788-1808. The marks or pits mentioned in the description are likely from rusty dies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-13046, KM 426, Cal-1532.

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.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.

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