Barcelona 1654 ardite

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This ardite was struck in Barcelona 1622-55 and is not listed as expensive in low grade altho hammered coins are very scarce in nice condition. We don't know the Spanish equivalent of this coin but we guess it was worth about one maravedi. The obverse features the arms of Catalonia and the reverse is the bust of Philip IV.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón no. 5086, KM 21.

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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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• Coins and currency dated 1654
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