View source for Spain 1912-PC V centimo

[[Image:Spain 1912 centimo obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This [[Spain|Spanish]] one centimo was part of the third decimal reform of 1870. By the reform of 1870, the revolutionary government adopted the standard of the Latin Monetary Union, where one peseta = one French franc and five pesetas = 25 g of silver, 0.900 fine. The peseta remained in use (tho it ceased to be silver in the 1930's) until the adoption of the euro in 2001. This type was struck 1911-13 in considerable numbers yet is seldom seen.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,109,202.

''Specification:'' 1 g, bronze, 15 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17576]], KM 731. 

''[[Bibliography|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, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Links to:''
* [[Spain 1911-PC V centimo|1911 centimo]]
* [[Spain 1912-PC V 2 centimos (12)|1912 2 centimos]]
* [[Spain 1913-PC V centimo|1913 centimo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1912]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]