Ibi 1937 25 centimos
These specimen were lot 1740 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), which sold for €160 (about US$223 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Guerre civile (1936-1939), lot de 3 p. de nécessité républicaines: Ibi, 1 peseta, 1937; 25 centimos, 1937 (avec et sans carte). Très Beau. (Spain, Civil War, 1936-39, lot of three necessity pieces struck by the republicans at Ibi: one peseta and 25 centimos (one with and one without map). Very Fine.)"
Ibi is in the province of Alicante in the southern part of the kingdom of Valencia. These coins were issued there during the Spanish Civil War and were made in the town. They were withdrawn in February 1938. Varieties exist for the 25 centimos. What looks like die cracks on the rightmost specimen is intended to be a map of Spain.
Recorded mintage: 10,000.
Specification: 4 g, copper, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 1.1 (25 centimos with map), KM 1.2 (25 centimos without map), A.C. 16, 18, 19. Cayón-17725 and -17726 (with map).
- 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.
Link to:
- Ametlla del Valles (1937) peseta
- Arenys de Mar (1937) peseta
- Arenys de Mar (1937) 50 centimos
- Asturias and Leon 1937 2 pesetas
- Euzkadi 1937 peseta
- Gratallops (1937) 5, 10, 25, 50 centimos and peseta
- Ibi 1937 peseta
- Menorca 1937 5 centimos
- Menorca 1937 peseta
- Nulles (1937) 25 centims
- Nulles (1937) 50 centims
- Santander 1937 50 centimos
- Coins and currency dated 1937
- return to Coinage of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939