View source for Spain 1853-Seg 2/10 real

[[Image:Spain 1853 2 decimas Aureo 232-2401g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 2401]]
[[Image:Spain 1853Seg 2 decimas Aureo 233-0100g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 233, lot 100]]
[[Image:Spain 1853Seg doble decima obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
[[Image:Spain 1853Seg doble decima rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]]

The first specimen shown was lot 2401 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 85 euros (about US$140 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1853. Segovia. Doble décima de real. Escasa. BC+.'' (Double tenth of a real, Segovia mint, scarce, Fine plus.)"</blockquote>  The second specimen shown was lot 100 in Aureo y Calico sale 233 (Barcelona, April 2011), where it sold for 700 euros (about US$1,166 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1853. Segovia. Doble décima de real. Muy bella. Brillo original. Rara así. S/C-.'' (Double tenth of a real of 1853, Segovia mint, rare, original luster, About Uncirculated.)"</blockquote>  This Spanish two-tenths of a real was struck in Segovia 1853 only during the middle years of Isabel II (1833-68). 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but somewhat scarce.

''Specification:'' bronze.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-16671]], KM 601, Cal. 579.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias,'' 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
* Calicó, Xavier, ''Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
* <sup>[2]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''COLECCIÓN ANASTASIA DE QUIROGA,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011. 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1852 2 reales 7 point star|1852(s) 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1852 10 reales 8 point star|1852(b) 10 reales]]
* [[Spain 1852 20 reales 7 point star|1852(s) 20 reales]]
* [[Spain 1853-Seg 1/20 real|1853-Seg 1/20 real]]
* [[Spain 1853 real 8 point star|1853(b) real]]
* [[Spain 1853 real 7 point star|1853(s) real]]
* [[Spain 1853 2 reales 8 point star|1853(b) 2 reales]]
* [[Spain 1853 4 reales 8 point star|1853(b) 4 reales]]
* [[Spain 1853 10 reales 8 point star|1853(b) 10 reales]] 
* [[Spain 1853 10 reales 6 point star|1853(m) 10 reales]]
* [[Spain 1854 20 reales 6 point star|1854(m) 20 reales]]
* return to coins of [[Spain]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1853]]

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