Spain 1848-Ja 8 maravedis

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 46097

This specimen was lot 46097 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Maravedis, 1848-JA. Jubia Mint. Isabel II. NGC MS-63 Brown. An attractive example of the type with silky surfaces, sharp strike detail, and deep brown patina throughout." The Spanish mints feature large issues of a variety of copper coins which did not circulate at all in the Spanish American colonies. In the predecimal system which obtained until 1847, 34 maravedis = one real of silver. The maravedi was worth 1/34 of a real; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Jubia, Segovia and Barcelona 1837-50 and was accompanied by copper one, two and four maravedis. The type is not scarce, tho Jubia issues are less common than Segovia products.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16735, KM-531.2.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

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