Spain 1947(56) peseta

Steve Album sale 38, lot 1799

This specimen was lot 1799 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $476. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN: Francisco Franco, Caudillo, 1936-1975, 1 peseta, 1947 (56), rare date! PCGS graded MS65, R." This type was struck 1948-67 in large numbers and most dates are common. This date is very scarce. Altho the date below the bust is 1947, the actual date is in the stars on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown but few.

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

Catalog reference: Cayón-17805, Cal-83, 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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