Spain 1894-PG V 2 pesetas (94)
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This specimen was lot 1316 in Jean Elsen sale 113 (Brussels, June 2012) where it sold for €260 (about US$389 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[2] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Alphonse XIII (1886-1931), AR 2 pesetas, 1894 PG-V, Madrid. Petits coups sur la tranche. presque Superbe. (Spain, Alfonso XIII, 1886-1931, silver two pesetas of 1894, Madrid mint. Tiny rim nicks, about extremely fine.)"
This one year type is the rarest two pesetas of Spain and the proud new owner of this specimen got a bargain.
Reported Mintage: 279,000.
Specification: 10 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17631, C.C.T., 33, KM 704.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 5th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2010.
- [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 113, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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