Arenys de Mar (1937) 50 centimos

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Jean Elsen sale 164, lot 1736
Fifty centimos to the right

This specimen was lot 1736 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €280 (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ESPAGNE, Guerre civile (1936-1939), lot de 2 p. de nécessité républicaines: Arenys de Mar, 1 peseta et 50 centimos, s.d. (1937). Unifaces. Superbe. (Spain, Civil War, 1936-39, lot of two undated uniface necessity pieces struck by the republicans at Arenys de Mar: one peseta and fifty centimos. Extremely Fine.)"

Arenys de Mar is a fishing town 40 km northeast of Barcelona. The fifty centimos and one peseta were made in the town during the Spanish Civil War. Catalonia offered the stiffest resistance to the Fascists and suffered devastation as a result. Even today, half a century after Franco's death, separatism remains strong there.

Recorded mintage: 6,000.

Specification: 1.7 g, aluminum, 20.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 1 (50 centimos), A.C. 6, 7. Cayón-17721.

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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.

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