Spain 1949(49) 5 pesetas

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This Spanish five pesetas was issued by Franco's regime 1949-52. All bear the date 1949 below the dictator's bust but have the actual date in the stars on the reverse. The 1949 is scarce, the 1950 is common and the 1951 and 1952 so rare as to be unpriced in the SCWC. Spain was the only country to use this dual dating system, abandoned in 1982.

Recorded mintage: 603,901.

Specification: 15 g, nickel, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17836, KM 778.

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.

Links to:

• 1947(49) peseta
• 1947(51) peseta, regular issue
• 1947(E51) peseta
• 1949(51) 5 pesetas
• Coins and currency dated 1949