Conde de Orgaz Collection #101

NAPOLEONIAN CATALONIA (1808-1814). 20 Pesetas. (Au. 6.69g/22mm). 1812. Barcelona. (Cal-2019-54). Good Very Fine. Little leaves, especially on the back.

Since 1808 and until 1814 (effective date of the march of the French troops from Catalonia), pieces had been minted in copper, the vast majority of the coinages are in this metal (4 Quarters and divisors), silver (1, 2 ½ and 5 Pesetas) and gold (20 Pesetas). The styles of the pieces are clearly reminiscent of the French coins of the Consulate and they all have in common having the laureate coat of arms of Barcelona on the reverses. The peseta thus becomes the official Catalan currency. A few years later it was recovered by Isabel II, for the entire country, in the middle of the First Carlist War (1836) to pay her soldiers on Catalan soil (the famous peseteros) to end up becoming, around 1869, and under the Provisional Government, currency. official of the Spanish State.
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FERDINAND VII (1808-1833). 5 Pesetas. (Ar. 26.28g/39mm). 1809. Tarragona. (Cal-2019-1429). Good Very Fine.
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ELIZABETH II (1833-1868). 1 Peseta. (Ar. 5.83g/25mm). 1837. Barcelona PS. (Cal-2019-272). Good Very Fine.

Within the framework of the Carlist Wars, and in the same way as the coppers with values ​​of 3 and 6 quarters, this emergency coin was minted to pay the Elizabethan troops who participated in said war. One of the novelties that we observe in the pieces minted during the first Elizabethan system or maravedí system is the inclusion in the legend of the term Const. (Constitution). From now on, the queen is by the grace of God but also by the Magna Carta itself. These pesetas were only minted in the years 1836 and 1837, with the former having a double variant depending on whether they have a spiked or fluted edge.
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AMADEO I (1871-1873). 5 Pesetas. (Ar. 24.99g/37mm). 1871 *18-71. Madrid SDM. (Cal-2019-1). Good Very Fine.
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ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). 10 Pesetas. (Au. 3.22g/19mm). 1878 *18-78. Madrid EMM. (Cal-2019-65). Good Very Fine. Marks.
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ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). 25 Pesetas. (Au. 8.06g/24mm). 1877 *18-77. Madrid DEM. (Cal-2019-68). Extremely Fine.
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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). 20 Pesetas. (Au. 6.46g/21mm). 1887 *19-62. Madrid PGV. (Cal-2019-171-Spanish State). Official re-striping. Good Extremely Fine. Minor scratches. Mintage of only 11 thousand units.
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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). 20 Pesetas. (Au. 6.45g/21mm). 1896 *19-62. Madrid MPM. (Cal-2019-173-Spanish State). Official recoinage. Good Extremely Fine.
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SPANISH STATE (1936-1975). 10 Pesetas. (AU 3.33g/19mm). 1881 *19-62. Madrid DEM. Jewelry copy of 0.750 thousandths. Extremely Fine-.
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