Live auction - fwo_413823 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - JOSEPH NAPOLEON 20 Reales ou 5 Pesetas 1809 Madrid
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 195 € |
| Maximum bid : | 205 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 January 2017 16:46:15 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : 20 Reales ou 5 Pesetas
Date: 1809
Mint name / Town : Madrid
Quantity minted : 700000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 38,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,84 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOSEPH. NAP. - DEI. GRATIA. / 1809..
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 COURONNÉE) A.I..
Reverse description : Écu couronné à sept quartiers parti et écartelé : au 1 de Castille, au 2 de Léon, au 3 d'Aragon, au 4 de Navarre, au 5 de Grenade au 6 des Indes et sur le tout aigle de Joseph, accosté de 20 - R..
Reverse translation : (roi des Espagnols et des Indes).
Commentary
Les pièces de 20 reales furent frappées entre 1808 et 1813. Près de 2,5 millions de pièces furent fabriquées. 20 reales de vellon correspondent à 8 reales de plata. Pour le revers, il existe deux variétés : avec une grande aigle héraldique en cœur entre 1808 et 1811 et avec une petite aigle de 1811 à 1813.
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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