v52_1059 - Duro de 5 pesetas 1808 Gérone VG.2137 var.
MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 300.00 €
Number of bids : 10
Maximum bid : 329.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 300.00 €
Number of bids : 10
Maximum bid : 329.00 €
Type : Duro de 5 pesetas
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Gérone
Quantity minted : 82711
Metal : silver
Diameter : 39,01 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,93 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière de circulation sur les reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Dans un poinçon en bas, sur deux lignes, FER VII, surmonté de deux accents ; listel strié en biais.
Reverse
Reverse description : Dans un poinçon en haut, sur trois lignes, GNA. 1808. UN DURO, surmonté de deux accents ; listel strié en biais.
Commentary
Coins choqués sur les deux côtés de la monnaie. Dans le Guilloteau et dans le De Mey / Poindessault, trois diamètres sont recensés pour la pièce d’un duro : 37 mm, 38 mm et 40 mm. Notre exemplaire à 39 mm s’inscrit dans cette suite de diamètres et pourrait être totalement inédit.
Coins are dented on both sides of the coin. In the Guilloteau and De Mey/Poindessault, three diameters are recorded for the duro coin: 37 mm, 38 mm, and 40 mm. Our 39 mm example is part of this series of diameters and could be completely new.
Coins are dented on both sides of the coin. In the Guilloteau and De Mey/Poindessault, three diameters are recorded for the duro coin: 37 mm, 38 mm, and 40 mm. Our 39 mm example is part of this series of diameters and could be completely new.
Historical background
SPAIN - SIEGE OF GERONA
(1808-1809)
Three attempts were necessary for the French to seize the city of Girona located on the main road between Spain and the south of France. The French army seized, from February 29, 1808, Barcelona but did not then occupy Girona. After the beginning of the Spanish insurrection, in the spring of 1808, General Duhesme found himself in Barcelona, dangerously isolated from the main French army located around Madrid. He therefore decides to seize Girona to secure the lines of communication between Barcelona and Perpignan. After two unsuccessful attempts (June 20-21, 1808 and July 24 - August 16, 1808), the city fell into French hands on May 6, 1809 and remained under siege until its capitulation on December 12, 1809..
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