Spain 1901-SM V peseta (01)
This specimen was lot 2924 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 19 € (about US$25 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1901*1901. Alfonso XIII. SMV. 1 peseta. MBC [very fine]." In 1885, Alfonso XII died young of tuberculosis, leaving a posthumous son who was crowned Alfonso XIII. In 1869, the peso was reduced to 25 grams and set equal to five pesetas with each peseta divisible into 100 centimos. This system would prevail in Spain until the coming of the euro. This silver peseta, struck in Madrid in 1896, 1899-1902, matches the contemporary French silver franc down to the odd .835 alloy.
Recorded mintage: 8,449,000.
Specifications: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, .134 troy oz ASW, this specimen 4,96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 706, AC. 60, Cayón-17616.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
Link to:
- 1900 peseta
- Austria 1901 corona, struck to the same module
- France 1901 franc
- Switzerland 1901-B franc
- 1902 peseta
- Coins and currency dated 1901