Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
1897(97) SGV G100P


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Coin Details

  

Set Details
Origin/Country: SPAIN 1848 TO DATE
Design Description: GOLD 100 PESETAS ORIGINAL
Item Description: G100P 1897(97) SGV KM708
Grade: NGC MS 62
Owner: JohnA
 
Winning Set: Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
Date Added: 4/15/2013
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Mintage: 149,762.
NGC Census + PCGS Pop.: 58 total; 7 at MS-62, 4 higher.
Portrait of Alfonso XIII engraved by Bartolomé Maura in July 1895 when Alfonso XIII was 9 years old.
SGV = Sandoval, Garcia, Vega.

Somewhat common in circulated condition. Scarce in Mint State condition.

The 100-peseta coins helped finance Spain's military operations in its province of Cuba. Ultimately Spain lost Cuba in 1898 after imperialist aggressors in the United States "boldly" provoked a war against the then-11-year-old king of Spain.

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