Majorca 1808 30 sueldos

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1219

This specimen was lot 1219 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN: MAJORCA: Ferdinand VII, First Reign, 1808, AR 30 sous, 1808, interesting octagonal issue, 30. S. FER VII 1808 // shield, XF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection. Struck in Palma during quarantine for a yellow fever outbreak." Some of these were struck on round plancehts (KM CL7.1 and KM CL7.2); a rare variety exists without the "FER VII" stamped in (KM CL52.2).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, silver, this specimen 26.76 g.

Catalog reference: KM-CL52.1, Cal-519, Cayón-15788.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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