Karlos VII

The only maravedi of Charles VII – The Last Hammer Dance

Reign: Charles VII. King of Navarre, Charles IV. King of Spain Type: Marabedia Year: 1789 Mint: Pamplona Mint Edge: Irregular, octagonal coin budin or cospel Edge Engraving: ————– Metal: copper Diameter: 19 mm Weight: This piece weighs 2.71 gr, nominally about 3.04 gr Quantity: Unknown, the courts of 1781 ordered the minting of 12,000 ducats, 4,704,000 marabedia pieces Mintage: By hammer Head of the Mint: […]

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Charles VII – Historical Context

  Charles VII – Historical Context: 1872-1876, the second Carlist war in the Basque Country The historical context is conditioned by the overthrow of Isabel II in 1868, by the revolution known as “La Gloriosa”. This will give way to a six-year revolutionary period, until the Bourbon monarchy was restored by Alfonso XII at the end of 1874. During this period of barely six years, a provisional government

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Charles VII – 10 Pesetas Centimo of Oñati

Conquest: Charles VII of Bourbon and Austria-Este, Carlist king, II. Carlist War Type: 10 Pesetas centimo Year: 1875 Mint: Oñati, Gipuzkoa. Series of 100,000, between October and December 1875 Edge: Plain Metal: Copper or Bronze Diameter: 30 mm Weight: 10.0 g. Mintage: Mintage Machine, Thonnelier or Thonnelier-Fossey Press perhaps Mintmaster: Unknown, initials OT, perhaps Oñati

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