Owner Comments:
Mintage: Not known.
NGC Census -- See below, second paragraph.
Weight 8.064515 g. Purity 900 fine. Diameter 24 mm.
Gold content: 0.23335 ounce.
Portrait of Alfonso XII at age 18.
A few 1876 25-peseta restrikes were minted "sin fecha," that is, without a date in the stars, as opposed to restrikes that have 18-76, 19-61, or 19-62 in the stars. The lack of a star date was probably not deliberate (Spanish law required a star date) but resulted from weak or imperfect striking.
This variant is catalogued in Schlumberger (#281b) and Cayón (#17926), where it is listed after 1876(76) RESTRIKE and before 1876(61) RESTRIKE. It is not catalogued in Krause-Mishler or Calicó. This example has been authenticated by Cayón Numismática in Madrid, and has been graded and authenticated by NGC. NGC formulated a new label for this example ("1876 DEM SPAIN G25P RESTRIKE") with no parenthetical star date, and authenticates that the coin is "sin fecha," but NGC regards "sin fecha" as a mint error, not a distinct variety, and assigns this coin to its census for 1876(62) RESTRIKE where, according to NGC, it belongs with 95% probability, since 6000 of the 6300 restrikes were of 1876(62) RESTRIKE issue.
The coin is identified as a restrike, and not an 1876 original strike, using the methods detailed in the Owner Comments for the Previous Slot in this set, 25 PESETAS RESTRIKE 1876 (*18-*76).