Spain 1997 25 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 Melilla, a port on the north coast of Morocco, which has been held by Spain against Moroccan claims since 1497.

Recorded mintage: 461,688,000.

Specification: 4.25 g, aluminum bronze, 19.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-18090, KM 983.

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.

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