Spain 1904-SM V 20 pesetas (04)
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This specimen is lot 2502 in UBS sale 84 (Basel, January 2010). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SPANIEN. Alfonso XIII. 1886-1931. 20 Pesetas 1904, Madrid. Mmz. SMV. Kl. Kr. Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich" (Spain, Alfonso XIII, 1886-1931, 20 pesetas of 1904, Madrid mint, assayer SMV. Good extremely fine).
This is the last gold coin issued for circulation in Spain. Few were made and fewer survive, suggesting that most were melted in the twenties and thirties.
Recorded mintage: 3,614.
Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, .186 troy oz AGW, this specimen 6.46 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17655, C.T. 7, Fr-349, KM 724.
- [1]UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 84: Gold and Silver Coins, Basel, 2009.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
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