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The last coin of any value under one peseta was a 50 cts coin issued in 1980 to celebrate Spain's hosting of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. [6] The last 25-céntimo coin (or real) was dated 1959, the ten céntimos also dated 1959; both coins bore the portrait of Franco. The 1-céntimo coin was last minted in 1913 and featured King Alfonso XIII. [7]
The first Peseta coins were minted in 1869, and the last were minted in 2011. Peseta banknotes were first printed in 1874 and were phased out with the introduction of the Euro. [ 1 ] Prior to this was the Silver escudo (1865–1869), Gold escudo (1535/1537–1849), Spanish real (mid-14th century–1865), Maravedí (11th–14th century), and ...
2003 - 25th Anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. The reverse of the coin reproduces the central part of the frontispiece crowning the main façade of the Palace of Congress, portraying an allegory of Spain embracing the Constitution, flanked by Justice and Fortitude. 2003 - First Anniversary of the Euro.
Spanish dollars were made legal tender in the U.S. by an act on February 9, 1793. [2] They remained so until demonetization on February 21, 1857. [3] The coin's name first appeared in Florida and Louisiana, where its value was nominally one sixteenth of a dollar, i.e. 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 cents, [4] and whose name was sometimes used in place of the U.S ...
The first ordinance officially devaluing the Spanish non-colonial real came out in 1642, with the real provincial debased from 67 to 83 + 3 ⁄ 4 to a mark of silver (hence, 10 reales to the dollar). Actual coins worth 1 ⁄ 2 , 1, 2, 4 and 8 reales provincial (the latter worth 4 ⁄ 5 of a dollar and called peso maria ) were minted in 1686 and ...
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5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France; Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France; Gold Louis – 1720 New France; Sol and Double Sol 1738–1764; English coins early 19th century
By far the leading specie coin circulating in America was the Spanish silver dollar, defined as consisting of 387 grains of pure silver. The dollar was divided into "pieces of eight," or "bits," each consisting of one-eighth of a dollar. Spanish dollars came into the North American colonies through lucrative trade with the West Indies.