Three quarters

Contemporary age

Metal: Copper.

Issuing entity: Spain. Ferdinand VII.

Mint: Barcelona.

Date: Year 1823.

Obverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon and Granada, and in the centre escutcheon of the house of Bourbon. Legend: FERNAN 7º REY CONSTITUCIONAL 1823.

Reverse:

Coat of arms of Barcelona decorated with two branches of laurel. Legend: PROVINC DE BARCELONA 3 QUAR.

Weight: 6.92 gr. - Diameter: 25 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. 599, type 312, no. 1333.

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. 167.

Monetary Inventory Number: 2638.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.