Spain 1871-DE M 5 pesetas (75)
This specimen was lot 8288 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 5 Pesetas, 1871(75)-DEM. Madrid Mint. Amadeo I. PCGS AU-55. A bright and untoned coin, well struck and showing some luster in the protected areas." The ouster of the monarchy in 1868 failed to bring stability to Spain. A short-lived republic yielded to the rule of Amadeo I, a prince from Italy who, finding nobody willing to listen to his suggestions, abdicated in 1873 and returned to Italy. In 1874, Isabel's son Alfonso was invited to assume the crown and coins were issued in his name. In 1869, the peso was reduced to 25 grams and set equal to five pesetas with each peseta divisible into 100 centimos. This system would prevail until the coming of the euro. The actual date is not the "1871" below Amadeo's bust but the tiny "18-75" in the obverse stars.
Recorded mintage: 3,000,412 plus 8,641,000 for Alfonso XIII.
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17452, KM-666; Cal-Type 1 #7, Dav-337.
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- 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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