Twenty reales Year 1822.

Contemporary age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Ferdinand VII.
Mint: Madrid.
Date: Year 1822.
Obverse:
Naked head of Ferdinand VII looking right. Legend: FERNANDO 7º POR LA GRACIA DE DIOS Y LA CONSTITUCIÓN 1822.

Reverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon and Granada and in the centre escutcheon of the house of Bourbon. On the sides columns of Hercules with rolled ribbons and the legend PLUS ULTRA. Legend: KING OF SPAIN. M mintmark M crowned. Value mark: 20 Rs. Assayers: S R.
Weight: 27.05 g - Diameter: 37 mm - Axes: 12 h.
Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 559, type 90, no. 363.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ibáñez Sarrió, C., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Moderna y contemporánea", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 166; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 88 and 142 no. 429.
Monetary Inventory Number: 3857.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant