2552 | Spanish Monarchy

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FERNANDO VII (1808-1833). 5 Pesetas. (Ar. 26.38g / 40mm). 1809. Tarragona. (Cal-2019-1429). F. Limited.

"A silver hard of the intrinsic value of five pesetas that they admit in payment of any debt". So read the order of the Tarragona City Council before the minting of this local currency and of necessity given the impossibility of numerary aid from the central government. As happened in other types of obsidional coins, they were minted with remains of cutlery and other silver objects that either, voluntarily or by decree, were requisitioned from the people. On May 9, 1811, and after the siege of the city by French units, the Tarragona Mint was dismantled, shipping all its machinery on May 27, 1811 to Palma de Mallorca, the city where the June 2 to be reinstated for the same purpose.