Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
1876(76) DEM G25P RESTRIKE


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Coin Details

  

Set Details
Origin/Country: SPAIN 1848 TO DATE
Design Description: GOLD 25 PESETAS RESTRIKE
Item Description: G25P 1876(76) DEM RESTRIKE CAYON-17925
Grade: NGC MS 64
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: Estimated at 100 (Soler y Llach).
NGC Census + PCGS Pop.: 1 total. This is the sole graded example.*
Weight 8.064515 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 24 mm.
Gold content: 0.23335 ounce.
Portrait of Alfonso XII at age 18.

"A small part of the newly struck 25 Pesetas [restrike] carries the date 18-76 in the stars." –Schlumberger

The restrike of 1961 began with the star date 18-76. A short time into the coinage, FNMT decided to use 19-61 or 19-62 in the stars, rather than 18-76, because 18-76 caused confusion with original coins minted in 1876. ("La reacuñación del año 61 pero con fecha en estrellas 18-76.... Al poco tiempo de la acuñación, la Fábrica decidió poner en las estrellas la fecha 61 ó 62." –Cayón)

This restrike variant is catalogued in Schlumberger (#281a), Calicó (#2a), and Cayón (#17925) but not in Krause-Mishler. This example has been graded and authenticated by NGC, and also has been authenticated by Maison Palombo in Marseille.

This restrike variant is identified as a restrike, and not an 1876 original, using the following methods that are valid for all 20- and 25-peseta originals and restrikes:
(1) The fleurs-de-lis that are embossed on the coin’s edge** are smaller in the restrikes, larger in the originals. –Aledón, Calicó, Cayón, Schlumberger.
(2) The edge fleurs-de-lis on all RESTRIKES are in POSITION B, that is, they are upright when the coin is set flat with its obverse (portrait; “heads”) side facing up, whereas the edge fleurs-de-lis on all ORIGINALS are in POSITION A, that is, they are upright when the coin is set flat with its reverse (crest; “tails”) side facing up. –JohnA
(3) Restrikes have a redder hue than originals. (“más rojizo” –Aledón, Vico-Segarra)
All three methods can be seen in the image (above right) that compares this restrike example with an original.

*Other restrike examples have been graded by NGC but are currently assigned to a census for originals. Submitters should alert NGC if an example is a restrike so that it can be correctly labeled and assigned.

**All 20- and 25-peseta Alfonso coins have fleurs-de-lis embossed on the edge using a triple-segment collar: 18 fleurs-de-lis in three segments on 20-peseta coins, and 27 fleurs-de-lis in three segments on 25-peseta coins. All 10-peseta and 100-peseta coins have reeded edges.

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