Spain 1953(63) peseta
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This specimen was lot 2999 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 12 € (about US$16 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1953*1963. Franco. 1 peseta. EBC/EBC+ [extremely fine or better]." This type was struck 1948-67 in large numbers and most dates are common in circulated condition. This date is common in all grades. Altho the date below the bust is 1953, the actual date is in the stars on the reverse; Spain was the only country to do this.
Recorded mintage: 36,000,000.
Specifications: aluminum bronze, 3.5 g, 21 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 3,55 g.
Catalog reference: KM 775, AC. 62, Cayón-17811.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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