Spain 1982 50 pesetas

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1982-84 for Spain in substantial quantities. It marked the abandonment of the clumsy "date in stars" system used before. It was the final issue of this denomination in this module, first used in 1957. The subsequent issue (KM 852 of 1990) was only 5.6 g.

Recorded mintage: 27,000,000.

Specification: 12.35 g, copper-nickel, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17994, KM 825.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1957(71) 25 pesetas
• 1957(71) 50 pesetas
• 1980(80) peseta
• 1980(81) 5 pesetas
• 1989 10,000 pesetas, 500th anniversary of the union of Spain
• Spain 1996 50 pesetas
• Coins and currency dated 1982