Live auction - fwo_579938 - SPAIN - FRENCH OCCUPATION OF BARCELONA 20 Pesetas 1813 Barcelone

SPAIN - FRENCH OCCUPATION OF BARCELONA 20 Pesetas 1813 Barcelone AU

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Estimate :	1 500 €
Price :	1 150 €
Maximum bid :	1 350 €
End of the sale :	16 June 2020 19:14:13
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 20 Pesetas

Date: 1813

Mint name / Town : Barcelone

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 864 ‰

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,78 g.

Edge : maclée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie a été légèrement nettoyée

Catalogue references :

Cal.55 - F.23

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Écu de la Ciudad Condal entre deux branches d'olivier.

Reverse

Reverse legend : EN. BARCELONA. 1813.

Reverse description : Au centre 20./ PESETAS au-dessus de deux branches de laurier.

Commentary

L'atelier de Barcelone est créé le 21 août 1808 et la fabrication commence dès le 27 août ; elle dure jusqu'au 30 mai 1814. Ces pièces sont d'autant plus rares que les espagnols, ayant particulièrement peu apprécié les méthodes françaises d'occupation, ont refondu toutes celles qu'ils ont trouvées afin d'effacer le souvenir des horreurs de la guerre. Au total, pour les trois millésimes 1812, 1813 et 1814, 9.578 pièces ont été frappées. Le millésime 1814 est, de loin, le plus rare.
The Barcelona mint was established on August 21, 1808, and production began on August 27 and lasted until May 30, 1814. These coins are all the rarer because the Spanish, having particularly disliked the French methods of occupation, melted down all those they found in order to erase the memory of the horrors of war. In total, for the three vintages of 1812, 1813, and 1814, 9,578 coins were struck. The 1814 vintage is by far the rarest.