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E-auction 274-195290 - fwo_427859 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - JOSEPH NAPOLEON 4 Reales 1811 Madrid

SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - JOSEPH NAPOLEON 4 Reales 1811 Madrid VF
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Estimate : 70 €
Price : 36 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 16 July 2018 16:46:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : 4 Reales
Date: 1811
Mint name / Town : Madrid
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,82 g.
Edge : cordonnée et annelée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IOSEPH. NAP. - DEI. GRATIA / .1811..
Obverse description : Tête nue de Joseph Napoléon à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Joseph Napoléon par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse


Reverse legend : HISPANIARUM ET IND. REX. M. A. I..
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé à cinq quartiers ; autour 4 / R..

Historical background


SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - JOSEPH NAPOLEON

(6/06/1808-11/12/1813)

French troops commanded by Murat invaded Madrid on May 1, 1808. On May 2, "Dos de Mayo" immortalized by Goya, the people rose up. The repression is terrible. On the 5th, by the Treaty of Bayonne, Charles IV abdicated and Ferdinand VII renounced the throne. On June 6, Napoleon chose his brother Joseph to reign over Spain. It was the start of the Spanish Civil War which was Napoleon I's first defeat. On December 11, 1813, the Treaty of Valençay returned the crown to Ferdinand VII, who had been a prisoner since 1808..

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