2550 | Spanish Monarchy

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FERNANDO VII (1808-1833). A hard. (Ar. 26.87g / 40mm). 1808. Gerona. (Cal-2019-1201). VF. Marquitas.

On December 26, 1808, the edict was published ordering the collection of silver from both churches and individuals to carry out the minting of coins in the middle of the siege of the city of Gerona by Napoleonic troops. Despite the date that appears on the coin, these specimens were minted as early as January 1809, between the second and third siege of Gerona (December 1809), the date on which it was finally taken. It was precisely the need that forced the Supreme Board of the Province to lower the silver grade and the weight of these hard, also known as "planxa hard and (...) coined with the smooth field, the abbreviation of Gerona, 1808. A hard and Fern. Vil, that is, without the bust of Fernando VII or the shield ".