Spain 1884/3-MS M peseta (84)
This specimen was lot 1569 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,388 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1884/3*1884. Alfonso XII. MSM. 1 peseta. Mínimas rayitas pero extraordinario ejemplar para esta rara pieza. Brillo original. Muy rara así. EBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Alfonso XII, one peseta of 1884. Minor scratches but an extraordinary example of this rare piece. Mint juster, very rare thus. About extremely fine.)"
This silver peseta, struck in Madrid in 1881-86, matches the contemporary French silver franc down to the odd .835 alloy. This type, with the whiskered portrait of the doomed Alfonso XII, is quite scarce in nice condition. This rare date is the key to the type. All known examples have the overdate.
Recorded mintage: 5,839.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, this specimen 5,02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 686, AC. 22, Cayón-17493.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática 391, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2022.
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