Spain 1849-M CL real

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in Madrid (shown here) 1837-49 and Seville in 1840; this date is among the more available. The Spanish "de vellon" coinage system, used 1808-50, set twenty reales = 1 peso instead of the traditional eight. The coins minted using that standard were not marked in any way different from the concurrent eight reales standard, a source of confusion for collectors today, It must have been a major irritant for the inhabitants of the time. In 1850 the currency was decimalized and the twenty reales reduced to 26.91 grams.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 1.35 g, .903 fine silver, .039 troy oz ASW (not 3.38 g as stated in the SCWC).

Catalog reference: Cayón-16807, KM 518.1.

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, 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.

Link to:

• 1847-M real de vellon
• 1849-J^A 2 maravedis
• 1849-Seg ½ real
• 1849-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1849-J^A 8 maravedis
• 1849-M 2 reales de vellon
• 1849-M 4 reales de vellon
• 1849-M 20 reales
• 1852-S RD real
• Coins and currency dated 1849
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)