Spain 1885-MS M 5 pesetas (86)
This specimen was lot 1438 in Áureo y Calicó sale 346 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €160 (about US$211 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1885*1886. Alfonso XII. MSM. 5 pesetas. Pátina. Ex Áureo & Calicó 30/05/2012, nº 2955. Ex Colección Manuela Etcheverría. Escasa así. EBC-/EBC. (kingdom of Spain, Alfonso XII, five pesetas of 1886, toned, scarce in this condition, about extremely fine.)"
This design was struck 1882-87 in large fairly numbers and is fairly common in grades up to Very Fine; nice specimens are scarce and expensive. The actual date (1886) is shown in the tiny stars bracketing the date below the king's bust.
Recorded mintage: 1,951,258.
Specification: 25 g, .835 fine silver, this specimen 24,79 g.
Catalog reference: KM 688, Cayón-17517, Dav-341, AC. 61.
- 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed.’’, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 346: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Colección Javier Verdejo Sitges, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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