Auction Catalogue

22 February 1995

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical Medals and Banknotes

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 400

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22 February 1995

Hammer Price:
£360

Spain, Spain, Catalonia, Isabel II, 6-Quartos, 1836, type 2, reading CATALUNA, but with value reading VI. QUAR (cf. C. L40.3). Traces of overstriking, particularly by date on obverse, some light abrasions in field, otherwise good fine, extremely rare

The issues of 1836 were the first struck for Catalonia after the region was divided into the four provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lerida and Tarragona in 1833