Spain 1894-PG V peseta (94)
This specimen was lot 1006 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,210. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN, Reino de España. Alfonso XIII. 1886-1931. AR Peseta. Madrid mint. Félix Miguel Peiró Rodrigo, Antonio García Gonzále, and Remigio Vega Vega, assayers. Dated 1894 (18 94 en estrellas) PG V. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65. Choice lustrous uncirculated with just a hint of nice patina. Very scarce so choice. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 1983." By the reform of 1870, the revolutionary government adopted the standard of the Latin Monetary Union, where one peseta = one French franc and five pesetas = 25 g of silver, 0.900 fine. The peseta remained in use (tho it ceased to be silver in the 1930's) until the adoption of the euro in 2001. This type was struck 1893-94 and is expensive in nice condition.
Recorded mintage: 1,044,389.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, this specimen Ø23 mm, 5.02 g, 6h axis.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17611, KM 702.
- 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]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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