Spain 1953 2-1/2 pesetas (56)

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This Spanish 2½ pesetas was issued by Franco's regime for circulation in 1954 and 1956 only. All bear the date 1953 below the dictator's bust but have the actual date in the stars on the reverse. A few more were issued in sets 1968-71 but these are rare. The denomination must not have been popular as it has not been used since.

Recorded mintage: 30,322,000.

Specification: 7 g, aluminum bronze, 25 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17831, KM 785.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

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• 1949(56) 50 centimos
• 1947(56) peseta
• 1957(58) 5 pesetas
• 1957(59) 25 pesetas
• 1957(60) 5 pesetas
• 1953(62) peseta
• 1966(66) 100 pesetas
• 1957(68) 50 pesetas
• 1953(71) 2½ pesetas
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• Coins and currency dated 1956