Spain 1957(BA) 25 pesetas
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This specimen was lot 75679 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 25 Pesetas, 1957-BA. Madrid Mint. PCGS MS-65. Produced for the 1958 Ibero-American Numismatic Exposition. A somewhat SCARCE numismatic type, delivering rich eye appeal and limited signs of handling." This type was struck 1958-75 and most dates are common. This commemorative was accompanied by similar special five and fifty pesetas. The mintage was small but all were saved so that today they are scarce, not rare.
Recorded mintage: 42,500.
Specification: 8.5 g, copper-nickel, 28.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17903, KM-787.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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