Ametlla del Valles (1937) peseta

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a relic of the town of Ametlla del Valles located in the northeast of Spain during the Spanish Civil War. It may have actually made it to Spain before the region was overrun by the Fascists in June 1937, as worn specimens are common.

Recorded mintage: 30,000 (KM 3.2) plus 3,000 (KM 3.1).

Specification: aluminum, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17719, KM 3.2.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
• Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Asturias and Leon 1937 2 pesetas
• Menorca 1937 5 centimos
• Menorca 1937 peseta
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• Nulles (1937) 50 centims
• Santander 1937 50 centimos
• 1937 50 centimos
• Spain (Euzkadi) 1937 peseta
• 1949(51) peseta
• Coins and currency dated 1937
• return to Coinage of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939