Issuing authority

Kingdom of Spain (1700–1873)

The Bourbon Kingdom of Spain before the First Spanish Republic, under monarchs including Ferdinand VII.

Kind: kingdom
Region: Southern Europe, Europe
Recorded period: 1700 – present

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

Individual types and documented families

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100%

3 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1721 – 1809

3 entries with their own date

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Catalogue entries (3)

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Spain, King Philip V, real (de plata), 1721 S

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Spain, King Philip V, real (de plata), 1721 S

1721

Silver coin. Obverse: crowned composite coat of arms. To the right of it value indication: I, to the left of it letter S [=Seville]. Reverse: within polyfoil, short cross with in the angles alternately a lion [=Leon] and a castle [=Castile]. Date at the top in inscription. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, ho…

Documented

Partial type record

Duro, emergency coin from Girona, struck during the siege by the French, in the name of Ferdinand VII, King of Spain

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Duro, emergency coin from Girona, struck during the siege by the French, in the name of Ferdinand VII, King of Spain

1808

Obverse: at the bottom: stamp containing inscription "FER VII"; above it a blank area within a hatched border. Reverse: at the top: stamp containing inscription: "GNA 1808 Un Duro"; below it a blank area within a hatched border. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-525; its record gives material…

Documented

Partial type record

Siege of Tarragona by the French, emergency coin of five pesetas, struck by Ferdinand VII, King of Spain

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Siege of Tarragona by the French, emergency coin of five pesetas, struck by Ferdinand VII, King of Spain

1809

Obverse: four stamps, placed left, right, top and bottom; top: value indication; left and right: "FER VII"; bottom: year within a wreath of leaves. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within a wreath of leaves. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-536; its record gives material recorded as silver (meta…

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

18th century1
19th century2

Only the 3 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

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