Spain 1996 50 pesetas

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin, issued during the reign of Juan Carlos, is one of a series of circulating commemoratives starting in 1990 and ending in 2002 with the introduction of the euro. This type honors king Felipe V (1700-46), founder of the Bourbon dynasty of which Felipe VI is the current head.

Recorded mintage: 11,047,000^[1] or 501,000^[2].

Specification: copper-nickel, 20.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-18100, KM 963.

Source:

• ^[1]Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[2]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.

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• 1996 5 pesetas, La Rioja
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