Barcelona 1645 seizain

from the Mountain Groan Collection

Lluís XIIII, Count of Barcelona, is better known to history as Louis XIV of France. During the War of the Pyrenees (ended 1659), the French occupied Catalonia with the collaboration of the locals and struck coins there. This type was struck in Barcelona 1642-48.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: Cayón-6992, KM 37 (unlisted date).

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.

Link to:

• Barcelona 1629 trentin
• Girona 1642 seiseno KM-82, bust obverse
• Barcelona 1648 seizain
• Coins and currency dated 1645
• return to coins of Coinage of Catalonia