† Foreign Coins, Spain, Catalonia, Unió Catalanista, a silver striking of the gold pattern 100-pesetas, 1900, Barcelona mint, by the Catalan sculptor Venanci Vallmitjana i Barbany (1826-1919), St. George slaying the dragon, rev. VINDICAMUS HÆREDITATEM PATRUM NOSTRORUM, the throne of an independent Catalonia, 33mm. (cf. Cal.87), good extremely fine, very rare
The Catalan Union prepared a set of so-called pattern coins, each with the same St. George obverse (St. George is the patron saint of Catalonia), but with different reverses, comprising gold 100- and 20 pesetas, silver 1- and 5 pesetas and copper 5- and 10 centimos.
(650-800 GBP)