Spain 2003 cent

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
Spain 2003 cent rev DSLR.jpg

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in Spain 1999-2006. Like other members of the Eurozone, Spain began minting euros in 1999 but their use did not become compulsory until 2002. The admission of additional members caused the reverse to be redesigned in 2007 to show the enlarged zone.

Recorded mintage: 670,500,000.

Specification: 2.2700 g., Copper Plated Steel, 16.2 mm diameter. Obv: Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela by Garcilano Rollan; Rev: Value and globe by Luc Luycx; Edge: Plain.

Catalog reference: Cayón-18409, KM 1040.

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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

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