(Vendida por $36.0)

Condition: VF+
Mint Year: 1802
Reference: KM-Tn1. R!
Denomination: Quart Token - Robert Keeling, wine maker
Diameter: 21.7mm
Weight: 4.84gm

Obverse: Three-turreted castle façade. Key hanging from open gate. Date below.
Legend: VALUE ONE QUART / 1802

Reverse: View of Gibraltar from the sea. A ship under sail left on water in foreground to right.
Legend: PAYABLE AT R. KEELINGS / GIBRALTER

The real was the official currency of Gibraltar until 1825 and continued to circulate alongside other Spanish and British currencies until 1898. Traders' currency tokens were issued in Gibraltar between 1802 and 1820 by Robert Keeling, Richard Cattons, and James Spittles. There were two denominations - 1 quart (or quarto) and 2 quarts (or 2 quartos).

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Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. It has an area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) and a northern border with the Province of Cádiz in Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. At its foot is a densely populated city area, home to almost 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities.

An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar from Spain in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg pretender to the Spanish throne. The territory was subsequently ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. It was an important base for the Royal Navy; today its economy is based largely on tourism, online gaming, financial services, and shipping.

The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a major point of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations as Spain asserts a claim to the territory. Gibraltarians overwhelmingly rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty in a 1967 referendum and again in 2002. Under the Gibraltar constitution of 2006, Gibraltar governs its own affairs, though some powers, such as defence and foreign relations, remain the responsibility of the UK Government.