Spain 1966(67) 100 pesetas
This specimen was lot 3005 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 160 € (about US$207 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1966*1967. Franco. 100 pesetas. El 1 de la estrella puntiagudo. MBC+/EBC- [the 1 in the star is pointed, very fine to extremely fine]." This coin, issued in the later years of the Franco regime (1939-75), is a descendant of the gold one hundred pesetas issued in the late nineteenth century. This denomination was was issued 1966-70 in substantial quantities. It is the only silver coin of the Franco regime. Although the coin is dated 1966, the true minting date is incuse in the stars on the obverse, where a tiny "67" can be spied. Spain was the only country to do this and abandoned this clumsy system after 1982, during the reign of Juan Carlos.
Recorded mintage: 15,000,000.
Specifications: 19 g, 0.800 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 797, AC. 146, Cayón-17891.
- 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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