Spain 1966(68) 50 centimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

closeup of the date

This Spanish fifty centimos was issued by Franco's regime for circulation in 1967-75. All the issues bear the date 1966 below the dictator's bust but have the actual date in the stars on the obverse. Spain was the only country to do this and abandoned this clumsy system after 1982, during the reign of Juan Carlos. Some dates, such as 1970, are scarce but this one is very common.

Recorded mintage: 100,000,000.

Specification: 1.1 g, aluminum, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 795, Cayón-17788.

Source:

• 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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

Link to:

• 1957(67) 5 pesetas
• 1966(67) 100 pesetas
• 1957(68) 50 pesetas
• 1966(68) 100 pesetas
• 1966(70) peseta
• Coins and currency dated 1968