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[[Image:Spain 1897 5 pesetas Aureo 242-0449g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 242, lot 449]]

The specimen shown was lot 449 in Aureo y Calicó sale 242 (Barcelona, March 2012), where it sold for 270 € (about US$419 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Alfonso XIII (1885-1931). 1897*1897. SGV. 5 pesetas. Bella. Brillo original. Escasa así. EBC+.'' (Alfonso XIII, 1885-1931, five pesetas of 1897, handsome, original luster, choice extremely fine.)"</blockquote> In 1885, Alfonso XII died young of tuberculosis, leaving a posthumous son who was crowned Alfonso XIII. In 1869, the peso was reduced to 25 grams and set equal to five pesetas with each peseta divisible into 100 centimos. This system would prevail until the coming of the euro. This design, issued while the king was a boy, was struck in large numbers 1896-99 and is fairly common in grades up to Very Fine. Very similar pesos were struck for [[Puerto Rico 1895-PG V peso|Puerto Rico]] and the [[Philippines 1897-SG V peso|Philippines]].

''Recorded mintage:'' 13,930,000.

''Specification:'' 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17646]], KM 707, Cal. 26, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-344]].

''[[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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2012. 

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 1896-PG V 5 pesetas (96)|1896 5 pesetas]]
* [[Spain 1897-SGV 100 pesetas (97)|1897 100 pesetas]]
* [[Spain 1898-SG V 5 pesetas (98)|1898 5 pesetas]]
* [[Puerto Rico 1895-PG V peso]]
* [[Philippines 1897-SG V peso]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1897]]
* return to coins of [[Spain]]

[[Category:Silver pesos of Spain]][[Category:Selections from Aureo sale 242]]