Spain 1812-Seg 8 maravedis

photo courtesy Soler y Llach

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 eight maravedis was worth 1/34 of a dollar; history does not record the reason for the odd division. This type was struck in Segovia 1809-13 during the short, unhappy reign of king Joseph, Napoleon's brother. The type is not rare but scarcer than the eight maravedis of Carlos IV or Fernando VII.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-14657, KM 450.

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.
• Martí Hervera, Soler y Llach Subastas Internacionales, Subasta Numismática, 5 de Noviembre 2009, Barcelona, 2009.

Link to:

• 1808-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1812-M AI real de vellon
• 1812-M real de vellon
• 1812-C 2 reales, Cadiz mint
• 1812-C 2 reales, Catalunya mint
• 1812-M 2 reales
• 1812-S 4 reales de vellon
• 1812-C 4 reales, Catalunya mint
• 1812-M 10 reales
• 1812-C 8 reales, Catalunya mint
• 1812-M 8 reales
• 1812-M 20 reales
• 1812-C 2 escudos
• 1812-M 2 escudos
• 1812-M 80 reales
• 1812-M 320 reales
• 1815-J 8 maravedis
• Coins and currency dated 1812
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)