Spain 1875 5 centimos

Aureo sale 232, lot 2439

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen shown was lot 2439 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 100 euros (about US$216 including buyer's fee). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1875. Bruselas. 5 céntimos. Buen ejemplar. MBC+. (Five centimos of 1875, Brussels mint, nice example, very fine plus.)"

This is classed as a "pretender issue" as Don Carlos, nephew of Fernando VII, never controlled enough of Spain to be recognized as king. Enough worn examples exist to prove that the coin did circulate, if briefly. It is accompanied by a similar ten centimos (KM 670).

Recorded mintage: 50,000.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17457, Cal. 8, KM 669.

Sources:

• 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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