Spain 1899-SM V 20 pesetas (99)

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Aureo sale 261, lot 720

This specimen was lot 720 in Aureo sale 261 (Barcelona, July 2014), where it sold for €342 (about US$549 with buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1899*1899. Alfonso XIII. SMV. 20 pesetas. Escasa. EBC-. (Alfonso XIII, 1885-1931, twenty pesetas of 1899. Scarce, about extremely fine.)"

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 the 1960's; these are dated 1896.

Recorded mintage: 2,076,000.

Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, .186 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17654, KM 709, Cal. 7.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Pública 261, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2014.

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