Spain 1933 peseta
In 1931, Alfonso XIII, king of Spain, was overthrown and exiled and a republic established. The political stresses unleashed thereby continued to wrack Spain and the regime's life was brief; in 1936, General Franco pronounced against the government and by 1939 had conquered Spain for the Fascists. In 1933, the regime was still trying to balance between the anarchists, royalists, Communists, Basque separatists, old line Carlists, Fascists and a crushing economic depression. This coin was designed to be inoffensive; on the obverse, a figure of Spain proffers an olive branch (and finds no takers) while the reverse features a modernized arms of Spain (including Navarre and Aragon). Silver would disappear from circulation until Franco's 100 pesetas of 1966-70.
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.835 fine silver, .134 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17685, KM 750.
- 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.
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