Barcelona 1811 4 quartos

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47653

This specimen was lot 47653 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Barcelona. 4 Quartos, 1811. Joseph Napoleon. PCGS MS-62 Brown." This copper coin was issued from Barcelona for use there and in Catalonia. It was struck 1808-13 and accompanied by copper one (KM 65) and two quartos. In the local currency, four quartos = 1/6 peseta. This coin is not common but priced rather low in the SCWC. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, KM-67.

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.
• 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, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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