Spain 1842-M maravedi

photo Soler y Llach

This specimen from the Madrid mint was lot 659 in a Soler y Llach sale (Barcelona, January 2010). 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. This one 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 Madrid 1842-43 and was accompanied by copper two, four and eight maravedis. The type is not scarce but this mint is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 1.01-1.88 g, 14.3-14.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-16523, KM 525.2.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Martí Hervera, Soler y Llach Subastas Internacionales, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona, 2010.

Link to:

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• 1842-J maravedi
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• 1842-M 1 real
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• 1844-B 80 reales de vellon
• Coins and currency dated 1842
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)