Spain 1937 25 centimos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

In 1931, Alfonso XIII, king of Spain, was overthrown and exiled and a republic established. The political stresses unleashed thereby continued to wrack Spain and the regime's life was brief; in 1936, General Franco pronounced against the government and by 1939 had conquered Spain for the Fascists. In 1937, the regime was fighting for its life against the Fascists and a crushing economic depression. This coin was issued by the Fascists and proclaimed the pending victory over the republicans. Silver would disappear from circulation until Franco's 100 pesestas of 1966-70.

Recorded mintage: 42,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 753.

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.

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