Owner Comments:
Mintage: 33,247.
NGC Census + PCGS Pop.: 4 total; 2 at AU-53, none higher.
Portrait of Alfonso XII at age 18. Engraved by Gregorio Sellán.
EMM = Escosura, Morejón, Mendoza.
Rare. Very hard to find in any condition. None have graded higher than AU-53.
When I acquired this raw coin in 2013, I submitted it to NCS (Numismatic Conservation Services) in addition to having it graded and encased by NGC, because the coin had some surface contamination.
My collection also contains the second certified AU-53 example which I display in my Custom Set titled "Spain Gold 10 Pesetas, Alfonso XII (1878, 1879)." When I acquired that coin in 2015, it had already been graded and encased by NGC, without NCS conservation. You can see the difference when you compare the two coins.