Spain 1949(51) 5 pesetas
The specimen shown was lot 457 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 4,100 euros (about US$6,765 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Estado Español (1936-1975). 1949*1951. 5 pesetas. Muy pocos ejemplares conocidos. Rarísima. EBC+. (Spanish state, 1936-75, five pesetas of 1951, very few examples known, extremely rare, choice extremely fine.)
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.
Recorded mintage: 145,000 reported but likely nearly all melted.
Specification: 15 g, nickel, 32 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17839, KM 778, Cal-47.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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