Four quarters

Contemporary age

Metal: Copper.

Issuing entity: Spain. Joseph Bonaparte.

Mint: Barcelona.

Date: Year 1814.

Obverse:

Value mark 4 QUARTOS on vegetal ornament inscribed in a circle. Legend: IN BARCELONA 1814.

Reverse:

Arms of the city of Barcelona within a plant decoration.

Weight: 8.50 gr. - Diameter: 28 mm. - Axes: 6 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. 539, type 20, no. 72.

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. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 166.

Monetary Inventory Number: 2643.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.