Spain 1848-M CL real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in Madrid and Seville 1837-49. The Spanish "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, set twenty reales = one peso instead of the traditional eight. The coins minted using that standard were not marked in any way different from the concurrent eight reales standard, a source of confusion for collectors today, It must have been a major irritant for the inhabitants of the time. In 1850 the currency was decimalized and the twenty reales reduced to 26.91 grams.

Recorded mintage: 178,325.

Specification: 1.35 g, .812 fine silver, .039 troy oz ASW (not 3.38 g as stated in the SCWC), 14.2-14.6 mm diameter,.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16806, KM 518.1.

Source:

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

• 1847-M real de vellon
• 1848-J^A 2 maravedis
• 1848-Seg 2 maravedis
• 1848-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1848-J^A 8 maravedis
• 1848-M ½ real
• 1848-M pattern 4 reales
• 1848-M 4 reales
• 1848-M 20 reales
• 1849-M real de vellon
• Coins and currency dated 1848
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)