One maravedí

Modern age

 

 

 

Metal: Copper.

Issuing entity: Spain. Charles IV.

Mint: Segovia.

Date: Year 1799.

Obverse:

Laureate bust of Charles III right with toupee and ribbon. Legend: CAROLUS IIII D G HISP REX 1799. Mint mark: aqueduct. Value mark: 1.

Reverse:

Cross of the Infante Don Pelayo, with arms of Castile and León, surrounded by a laurel border. In the centre, a Bourbon escutcheon.

Weight: 1.12 gr. - Diameter: 16 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. 531, type 164, no. 1407.

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. 163.

Monetary Inventory Number: 2607.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.