Spain 1825-Seg 2 maravedis

Aureo sale 246, lot 866

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 866 in Aureo y Calicó sale 246 (Barcelona, September 2012), where it sold for 270 € (about US$410 including buyer's fees). The catalog^[1] noted,

"Fernando VII (1808-1833). 1825. Fernando VII. Segovia. 2 maravedís. Bella. Parte de brillo original. Rara así. S/C-. (Ferdinand VII, 1808-33, two maravedis of 1825, Segovia mint. Handsome, some original luster, rare thus, about uncirculated.)"

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 two maravedis was worth 1/136 of a dollar; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Segovia 1816-33 (note the aqueduct mintmark) and was accompanied by copper one, four and eight maravedis. The type is not rare but scarce in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14776, KM 487.1, Cal. 1724.

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.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012.

Link to:

• Spain 1824-Seg 2 maravedis
• 1825-J 8 maravedis
• 1825-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1825-S 4 reales
• 1825-M 2 escudos
• 1826-M ½ real
• Spain 1827-Seg 2 maravedis
• Coins and currency dated 1825
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)