Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
1887(61) MPM G20P RESTRIKE


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Set Details
Origin/Country: SPAIN 1848 TO DATE
Design Description: GOLD 20 PESETAS RESTRIKE
Item Description: G20P 1887(61) MPM RESTRIKE KM693
Grade: NGC MS 65
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: 800.
NGC Census + PCGS Pop.: 6 total; 2 at MS-65, 1 higher.
Weight 6.451612 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 21 mm.
Gold content: 0.18668 ounce.
Portrait of Alfonso XIII as a 1-year-old infant. Alfonso XIII was declared king at his birth on May 17, 1886.

The restrike die is from the original Type 1 ("pelón") authorization date of 1887 even though no original 20 Peseta coins of Type 1 were minted until 1889 under the authorization of 1889.

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