Shares of the Royal Company of San Fernando de Sevilla

The Real Compañía de San Fernando was founded in Seville in 1748 to promote trade in the Indies. Each share had a value of 250 pesos fuertes, worth fifteen reales de vellón. The rich engraved decoration on the share makes it a title of great aesthetic value. Its innumerable engravings include images of the Virgin Mary, Saint Ferdinand, Saint Isidore and various emblematic buildings of the city of Seville, such as the Casa de Indias and the Torre del Oro (Golden Tower) over the Guadalquivir. Pedro de Astrearena, the second Marquis of Murillo de Cuende by succession, was the king’s assistant and a shareholder in other trading companies, such as those of Havana and Buenos Aires.

Collection: Images

Project: 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/21918?nm

Resource type: Image

Format: Paper, 30 x 43 cm

Source: Archivo General de Indias. Mapas, planos, documentos iconográficos y documentos especiales. Monedas.

Language: Spanish

Date: 1748

Owner: María del Mar Felices de la Fuente (Modernalia)

Identifier: ES.41091.AGI//MP-MONEDAS,33

Abstract: The image depicts shares in the Real Compañía de San Fernando de Sevilla, in favour of Pedro de Astrearena, a resident of Madrid, worth 250 pesos each.

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