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[[Image:Spain 1864Seg 25 centimos Aureo 232-0355g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 355]]
 
[[Image:Spain 1864Seg 25 centimos Aureo 232-0355g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 355]]
  
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The specimen shown was lot 355 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 130 euros (about US$215 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1864. Segovia. 25 céntimos de real. Golpecito canto en reverso. Muy bella. Parte de brillo original. Escasa y más así. EBC+.'' (Twenty-five centimos de real, Segovia mint, rim nick on reverse, very nice, some luster remaining, very scarce thus, choice Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote>  This Spanish twenty-five centimos of a real 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. This date, of a type struck at Segovia 1854-64, is among the last to bear a traditional mintmark. During the 1850's, the regime changed the mintmark system to stars of various numbers of points. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.  
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The specimen shown was lot 355 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 130 euros (about US$215 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1864. Segovia. 25 céntimos de real. Golpecito canto en reverso. Muy bella. Parte de brillo original. Escasa y más así. EBC+.'' (Twenty-five centimos de real, Segovia mint, rim nick on reverse, very nice, some luster remaining, very scarce thus, choice Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote>  This Spanish twenty-five centimos of a real 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. This date, of a type struck at Segovia 1854-64, is among the last to bear a traditional mintmark. During the 1850's, the regime changed the mintmark system to stars of various numbers of points. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common for the type.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common for the type.
  
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''Specification:'' copper.
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''Specification:'' copper, 8.88-10.23 g, 26 mm diameter.
  
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''Catalog reference:'' Cayón-unlisted, KM 615.2, Cal. 599.
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''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-16686]], KM 615.2, Cal. 599.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
 
''[[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.
 
* 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.  
 
* 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.  
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* 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.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
 
* <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.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
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* [[Spain 1863 real 7 point star|1863(s) real]]
 
* [[Spain 1863 real 7 point star|1863(s) real]]
 
* [[Spain 1864-Seg 5 centimos|1864-Seg 5 céntimos]]
 
* [[Spain 1864-Seg 5 centimos|1864-Seg 5 céntimos]]
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* [[Spain 1864 real 7 point star|1864(s) real]]
 
* [[Spain 1864 2 reales 7 point star|1864(s) 2 reales]]
 
* [[Spain 1864 2 reales 7 point star|1864(s) 2 reales]]
 
* [[Spain 1864 4 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 4 reales]]
 
* [[Spain 1864 4 reales 6 point star|1864(m) 4 reales]]

Latest revision as of 20:42, 30 December 2023

Aureo sale 232, lot 355

The specimen shown was lot 355 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 130 euros (about US$215 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1864. Segovia. 25 céntimos de real. Golpecito canto en reverso. Muy bella. Parte de brillo original. Escasa y más así. EBC+. (Twenty-five centimos de real, Segovia mint, rim nick on reverse, very nice, some luster remaining, very scarce thus, choice Extremely Fine.)"

This Spanish twenty-five centimos of a real 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. This date, of a type struck at Segovia 1854-64, is among the last to bear a traditional mintmark. During the 1850's, the regime changed the mintmark system to stars of various numbers of points. Unfortunately, the government, financially prostrate as usual, was unable to remint the old coins, which continued to circulate as before.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common for the type.

Specification: copper, 8.88-10.23 g, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16686, KM 615.2, Cal. 599.

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.
  • 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.
  • [1]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.

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