Catalonia 1811 3 quartos

Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 2823

This specimen was lot 2823 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 15 € (about US$20 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1811. Fernando VII. Catalunya (Tarragona o Mallorca). 3 cuartos. MBC- [about very fine]." This copper coin was issued from Mallorca or Tarragona for use there and in Catalonia. It was issued 1810-14 and accompanied by a copper ochavo, quarto, quarto y medio, two quartos and six quartos. In the local currency, three quartos = 1/40 peso. This coin is not common but priced rather low in the SCWC. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848, after which regular Spanish coinage was used.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: copper, this specimen 6,36 g.

Catalog reference: KM 115, AC. 10, Cayón-14841.

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.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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