Spain 1875 5 pesetas

Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1789

This specimen was lot 1789 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 5,000 € (about US$6,474 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1875. Carlos VII, Pretender. Oñate. 5 pesetas. Minted in silver. Minimal hairlines. Very nice. Ex Aureo y Calicó Selection 2018, no. 423. Extremely rare especially in this condition. S/C- [about uncirculated]." This is classed as a "pretender issue" as Don Carlos, nephew of Fernando VII, never controlled enough of Spain to be recognized as king. It is too rare to have circulated; it is on the border between pattern and fantasy. It is not listed in Unusual World Coins. Wikipedia comments, "Oñati (Spanish: Oñate) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain. It has a population of approximately 10,500 and lies in a valley in the center of the Basque country."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver; this specimen 24,56 g.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, AC. 21, Cayón-17464.

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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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