Catalonia 1810 6 quartos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This copper coin was issued from Barcelona for use there and in Catalonia. It was issued 1810-14 and accompanied by a copper ochavo, quarto, quarto y medio, two quartos and three quartos. In the local currency, six quartos = 1/20 peso. This coin is not common but priced rather low in the SCWC. The last local Catalonian issue is a rare six quartos dated 1848, after which regular Spanish coinage was used.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM 116.

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:

• Barcelona 1809 2 1/2 pesetas
• Barcelona 1810 quarto
• Barcelona 1810 4 quartos
• Barcelona 1811 peseta
• Catalonia 1811 1-1/2 cuartos
• Coins and currency dated 1810
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