Live auction - fwo_436597 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - JOSEPH NAPOLEON 1 Real 1812 Madrid
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 80 € |
| Maximum bid : | 80 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2017 18:36:59 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 1 Real
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Madrid
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOSEPH. NAP. - DEI. GRATIA / .1812..
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 1 / 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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