Two maravedis

Contemporary age

Metal: Copper.

Issuing entity: Spain. Ferdinand VII.

Mint: Segovia.

Date: Year 1824.

Obverse:

Laureate head of Ferdinand VII on the right. Legend: FERDIN VII D G HISP REX 1824. Mint mark: aqueduct. Value mark: 2.

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: 2.56 gr. - Diameter: 20 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. 605, type 351, no. 1470.

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: 2656.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.