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SPAIN, Reino de España. Felipe IV el Grande. 1621-1665. AR 5 Sueldos (23mm, 6.36 g, 4h). Catalan Revolt issue. Barcelona mint. Dated 1641. Crowned Catalan coat-of-arms; V [and S] flanking / Long cross pattée; annulets and triple pellets in opposite quarters. ME 6874; KM 17. Toned, deposits, usual crude strike, date off flan. VF.
The province of Catalonia always had a strained relationship with the crown at Madrid. In 1640 an attempt by Philip, through his favorite, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, to restrict local authority and increase wartime taxation, led to a full blown revolt led by the Duke of Olivares. The Catalans at first kept the name of the Spanish monarch on their autonomous coinage, but soon changed it to the "Principality of Catalonia". Later in 1641 the Catalans accepted the protection of Louis XIII of France, and coins were struck in his name over a three year period. The conflict continued until 1652, when Barcelona fell to the Spaniards, and a permanent settlement was reached between Spain and France in 1659, ending the revolt.
The province of Catalonia always had a strained relationship with the crown at Madrid. In 1640 an attempt by Philip, through his favorite, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, to restrict local authority and increase wartime taxation, led to a full blown revolt led by the Duke of Olivares. The Catalans at first kept the name of the Spanish monarch on their autonomous coinage, but soon changed it to the "Principality of Catalonia". Later in 1641 the Catalans accepted the protection of Louis XIII of France, and coins were struck in his name over a three year period. The conflict continued until 1652, when Barcelona fell to the Spaniards, and a permanent settlement was reached between Spain and France in 1659, ending the revolt.