Barcelona 1823 3 quartos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This copper coin was issued from Barcelona for use there and in Catalonia. It is a one year type and accompanied by a copper six quartos. In the local currency, three quartos = 1/40 peso. This coin is not common but priced rather low in the SCWC. The last local Catalan issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848, after which regular Spanish coinage was used.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14845, KM 80.

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.

Link to:

• Catalonia 1812 3 quartos
• Barcelona 1813 5 pesetas
• Majorca 1823 5 pesetas
• 1823-M 2 reales
• 1823-B 4 reales
• 1823-V 4 reales
• 1823-B 20 reales
• 1823-M 20 reales
• 1823-M 2 escudos
• 1823-B 80 reales
• 1823-M 80 reales
• 1823-S 80 reales
• 1823 320 reales
• Catalonia 1837 3 quartos
• Catalonia 1838 6 cuartos
• Coins and currency dated 1823
• return to Coinage of Catalonia