Spain 1896-MP M 20 pesetas (62)
This specimen was lot 8291 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 20 Pesetas Restrike, 1896(62)-MPM. Madrid Mint. Alfonso XIII. NGC MS-67. A restrike from 1962. A sharply struck and brightly lustrous coin with pale golden hue." In 1870, with the collapse of the monarchy, the reales, pesos and escudos were dropped in favor of centimos and pesetas conforming to the Latin Monetary Union. This twenty pesetas, struck in Madrid in 1899, matches the contemporary French twenty francs. Small numbers of restrikes were issued in 1961-62; these are dated 1896. The SCWC states that the restrikes should be marked PG-V but this example is clearly MP-M.
Recorded mintage: 12,000.
Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, .186 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17924, Fr-348R; KM-709.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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