Spain 1975(77) peseta
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This coin, an early issue of the reign of Juan Carlos (r. 1975-2013), is a descendant of the silver peseta issued in the late nineteenth century. This denomination was first issued in aluminum bronze in 1944 (KM 767) and featured a younger, pudgier portrait of Franco in 1948-67 (KM 775). This type was issued 1976-80 in large quantities. Although the coin is dated 1975, the true minting date is incuse in the stars on the reverse, where a tiny "77" can be spied. Spain was the only country to do this and abandoned this clumsy system after 1982.
Recorded mintage: 243,800,000.
Specification: 3.5 g, aluminum bronze, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17933, KM 806.
- 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.
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