Spain 1947(49) peseta

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71553

This specimen was lot 71553 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Peseta, 1947 (49). NGC MS-65. "19" and "49" incuse in stars on reverse. SCARCE star date. Well struck with an attractive cartwheel effect. Light tone with good eye appeal." This type was struck 1948-67 in large numbers and most dates are common. This date is scarce but not rare. Altho the date below the bust is 1947, the actual date is in the stars on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: 27,600,000.

Specification: 3.5 g, aluminum bronze, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17799, KM-775.

Source:

• 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• 1944 peseta
• 1949(49) 5 pesetas
• 1947(50) peseta
• 1947(E51) peseta
• Coins and currency dated 1949
• return to coins of Spain