Spain 1885-MS M peseta (86)
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This specimen was lot 452 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €500 (about US$660 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1885*1886. Alfonso XII. MSM. 1 pesetas. Bella. Rara así. S/C-. (kingdom of Spain, Alfosno XII, one peseta of 1886, handsome, rare thus, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1881-86 and this is a common date. The actual date is in the tiny stars bracketing the date under the bust.
Recorded mintage: 3,953,787.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, this specimen 5,02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 686, Cayón-17495, AC. 25.
- 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed.’’, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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