Asturias and Leon 1937 2 pesetas

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by the provinces of Asturias and Leon in the northwest of Spain when a coin shortage developed during the Spanish Civil War. This is the most common of the three denominations issued (50 centimos, one peseta and two pesetas).

Recorded mintage: 400,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17697, KM 3.

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:

• Ametlla del Valles (1937) peseta
• Menorca 1937 5 centimos
• Menorca 1937 peseta
• Nulles (1937) 25 centims
• 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