Spain 1957(63) 5 pesetas
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This specimen was lot 71558 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 5 Pesetas, 1957 (63). ANACS MS-63. RARE star date. Clear "63" in star on reverse. Lustrous with a nice cartwheel effect. Lightly toned and quite attractive." This type was struck 1957-75 in large numbers and most dates are common. This date is scarce despite the large mintage. Altho the date below the bust is 1957, the actual date is in the stars on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: 50,000,000.
Specification: 5.75 g, copper-nickel, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17847, KM-786.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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