New Addition To My Collection - 1823 Mallorca

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TwoKopeiki Pillar of the Community Czech Republic 803 Posts	Posted 06/23/2007 6:39 pm was a little disappointed by TOREX coin show in Toronto today - not a single nice example of a pre-1850 Mexican Republic or Spanish Colonial, or even contemporary counterfeits of either! I did pick-up an example of 5 Pesetas minted in Palma De Mallorca, though. Here's a bit of history for those that are unfamiliar with this mint: Palma De Mallorca is a capital of the Balearic Islands, and was reconquered from the Arabs by James I in 1229. James II was the first to coin gold and silver reales, as well as doubloons and denars of silver alloy, at this mint. The Islands constituted a separate kingdom for somewhat more than a century. Then, under the reign of Peter IV of Mallorca, the islands passed to the crown of Aragon. Subsequently, with the unification of Castille and Aragon upon the marriage of Fedinand and Isabella, the Islands were incorporated to the kingdom of Spain. The Palma de Mallorca Mint struck mainly small coins. It was not until the invasion of the mainland by Napoleon's troops that a large silver piece, the "30 sous", equivalent to the Eight Reales, was coined. In 1821, due to an epidemic that kept Palma de Mallorca isolated, it was necessary to coin again. This special currency bears an appropriate legend: SALUS POPULI. In 1823 appears the last local coinage, reflecting the political changes of the time, since the five pesetas piece of this issue comes in two variants, one with and one without the inscription "Constitucion". This is Calbeto #936, with "Dios y la Const." legend. The other varieties have the "Dios Rey D. Espana E. Ind"... ~Roman Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/23/2007 6:44 pm Nice coin, interesting history. KOCT#56 Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 06/24/2007 2:07 pm I spent 3 weeks of honeymoon in 1971 on Palma de Mallorca at Puerto de Soller However at the time and the half dozen times afterwards I was more intrested in the real Cuban cigars since they (spanish) were real good friends with Cuba I never saw a coin shop Now Ibiza is an alltogether different story I was there when the double album The Wall pink floyd was relised one discoteque played it back to back all week Another had the Beatles on electric violin all week Those were the days ......... Report this Post to the Staff
TwoKopeiki Pillar of the Community Czech Republic 803 Posts	Posted 06/24/2007 2:36 pm I was thinking about going to Palma de Mallorca for my next vacation in the fall. It's definitely on my list of places to visit. I haven't considered Ibiza, but I'll have to do some reasearch now to see what is the better alternative. By the way, here's an example of 1821 SALUS POPULI issue, courtesy of coinarchives: ~Roman Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 06/25/2007 07:18 am That's a nice pickup there, Roman. Balearic Islands is one "country" unrepresented in my collection so far. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 06/25/2007 08:48 am quote: I was thinking about going to Palma de Mallorca for my next vacation in the fall. Ibiza is a lot smaller I do not know how swinging it is these days but in the late 70-s and early 80,s it was the place to be Long after I think Michener wrote his book the drifters with mainland spain in the book . If you want a place with 20 discoteques plus choose Benidorm on the mainland : I have been there a dozen times and excurtions to Madrid and some nice places are possible However my dream island is Gran Canaria ( Tenerife is mostly stone beaches allthough if you remember the film 2000 BC with Rachel Welch it was made there on the slopes of the volcano Teide Report this Post to the Staff
augsburger Pillar of the Community Germany 1062 Posts	Posted 06/26/2007 05:24 am Ibiza is the party capital for english and germans. Personally I would suggest going to mainland spain, there are too many foreigners in the islands. Madrid has the mint shop, there is apparently one in barajas airport but I always end up in the other side so I have never visited it. Spain has a really good thing that often on sunday mornings there are small coin fairs, I lived in Granada and in the centre there were always about seven or eight dealers from andalucia selling all sorts of spanish and other coins. I would also go to rugged extramadura, cáceres, merida and a few out of the way places, there isn´t much in the way of coins there though, a few little coin shops. Barcelona has a small area in the centre without about three or four coin shops, though the one I visited was a little dodgy and would not go back there. Report this Post to the Staff
TwoKopeiki Pillar of the Community Czech Republic 803 Posts	Posted 06/26/2007 07:16 am Thanks, Ageka and Augsburger - you've given me some food for thought. ~Roman Report this Post to the Staff
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