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[[Image:Spain 1911 centimo Aureo 232-2431g.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo sale 232, lot 2431]]
 
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This specimen was lot 2431 in Aureo y Calico sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 100 euros (about US$165 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1911*1. PCV. 1 céntimo. EBC.'' (Centimo of 1911, extremely fine.)"</blockquote>  This 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, .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 large numbers yet the 1911 is rare in nice condition.
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This specimen was lot 2431 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 100 euros (about US$165 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''1911*1. PCV. 1 céntimo. EBC.'' (Centimo of 1911, extremely fine.)"</blockquote>  This 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 large numbers yet the 1911 is rare in nice condition.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,462,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,462,000.
  
''Specification:'' bronze.
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''Specification:'' 1 g, bronze, 15 mm diameter.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17575]], Cal. 78, KM 731.
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-17575]], Cal. 78, KM 731.
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[[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 232]]
 
[[Category: Selections from Aureo sale 232]]

Latest revision as of 07:19, 6 July 2025

Aureo sale 232, lot 2431

This specimen was lot 2431 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 100 euros (about US$165 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1911*1. PCV. 1 céntimo. EBC. (Centimo of 1911, extremely fine.)"

This 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 large numbers yet the 1911 is rare in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: 1,462,000.

Specification: 1 g, bronze, 15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Cayón-17575, Cal. 78, KM 731.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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