I am currently purchasing Bonepartist coinage from the 1800s and am having some difficulty.
I have completed my France Napoleon set, and am now looking at adding other members of the family.
I am aware that Joseph (Jose) Bonepart was King of Spain for a while. I have seen lots of his coinage and its super interesting. However, it seems that Ferdinand also had coins with the same year on kicking around.
I am curious, is there a reason that the years Bonepart was in power, the Old (deposed) and then Restored king (after the fall of napoleon) still had official coinage minted for the 'bonepart years'?
I ahve googled to no avail. Only very breif subject touched upon.
The coins issued in the name of Ferdinand VII at the same time as those of José Bonaparte were issued by the Spanish side in the Peninsular War (1808-14). There are two types: some made in Cádiz, Seville, Valencia and a traveling mint between Catalonia and Mallorca; and others made as notgeld coins in cities under siege.
Also the coins of the French side are of two types. The coins in the name of Jose Bonaparte; and a series made in Barcelona before the city was occupied by the French but accepted by them.
