Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
1889(89) MPM G20P


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Set Details
Origin/Country: SPAIN 1848 TO DATE
Design Description: SPAIN 20 PESETAS - TYPE 1 "PELÓN"
Item Description: G20P 1889(89) MPM KM693
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: JohnA
 
Winning Set: Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
Date Added: 10/2/2013
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Mintage: 875,333.
NGC Census + PCGS Pop.: 25 total; 6 at MS-64, none higher.
Type 1: "pelón" ("bald headed"). Portrait of Alfonso XIII from 1887 as a 1-year-old infant. Engraved by Gregorio Sellán.
MPM = Morejón, Peiró, Mendoza.

Posthumous heir of Alfonso XII (died November 25, 1885), Alfonso XIII was declared king at birth (May 17, 1886). His reign lasted until 1931 when he fled Spain during a republican uprising. He did not abdicate. He died in Rome in exile in 1941. The newly formed Republic devolved into civil war that ended with General Francisco Franco's monarchist victory in 1939, but Franco retained power ("El Caudillo") until his death in 1975. Two days after Franco's death, Alfonso XIII's grandson Juan Carlos became king of Spain in accordance with the law of succession promulgated by Franco.

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