5 Centimos - Provisional Government

Features

Issuer	Spain
Period	Provisional Government (1868-1871)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1870
Value	5 Centimos (0.05 ESP)
Currency	Peseta (1868-2001)
Composition	Brąz (95% copper, 4% tin, 1% zinc)
Weight	5 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	1 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	29 October 1941
Number	N# 791
References	KM# 662 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Aureo# 6 Áureo & Calicó (publisher); 2019. Numismática Española: Catálogo de todas las monedas emitidas desde los Reyes Católicos hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020 = Spanish Numismatics. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain. , Cal# 25 Xavier Calicó; 2008. Numismática española: Catálogo general con precios de todas las monedas españolas acuñadas desde los Reyes Católicos hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001 = Spanish Numismatics (10^th Edition). Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain.

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Obverse

Hispania w pozycji siedzącej, zwrócona w prawo, z gałązką w prawej ręce w okręgu z koralików. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
CINCO GRAMOS
L MARCHIONNI
1870

Engraver: Luis Marchionni y Hombrón

Designer: Luis Plañiol y Méndez

Reverse

Lew zwrócony w prawo, patrzący w lewo, ciało uniesione na tylnych łapach, przednie łapy oparte na owalnym herbie Hiszpanii, w okręgu z koralików. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
DOSCIENTAS PIEZAS EN KILOG·
OM
🟎 CINCO CENTIMOS 🟎

Unabridged legend: Doscientas piezas en kilogramo.

Engraver: Luis Marchionni y Hombrón

Designer: Luis Plañiol y Méndez

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Mint

(🟎)	Barcelona Mint / La Seca (Casa de la Moneda de Barcelona / La Seca), Spain (801-1720, 1808-1879)

Comments

OM to Oeschger Mesdach. Jedna z niewielu współczesnych hiszpańskich monet bez odniesienia do nazwy kraju.

Tradycyjnie znana była jako "perrachica" (mały pies), a moneta 10 centimos jako "perra gorda" (gruba lub duża suka), prawdopodobnie ze względu na rzadką pozycję lwa. Gdy moneta uległa erozji, zwierzę mogło zostać omyłkowo uznane za psa. Te tradycyjne (wulgarne) nazwy zostały zachowane nawet w nowych projektach za panowania Alfonsa XII (podobny rozmiar i metal), a później w reżimie Francisco Franco (bardzo różny, w aluminium), tylko ze względu na ich wartość (5 i 10 centymów pesety), bez względu na to, że nie miały lwa.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perra_chica

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

OM are Oeschger Mesdach. One of the very few Spanish modern coins with no reference to the country name.

It was traditionally known as “perra chica” (small female dog), and the 10 Centimos coin as “perra gorda" (fat or big female dog), probably due to the rare position of the lion. When the coin was eroded, the animal could be considered by mistake, to be a dog. These traditional (vulgar) nouns were kept even with the new designs during the reign of Alfonso XII (similar in size and metal) and later in the regime of Francisco Franco (very different, in aluminium), just because of their value (5 and 10 Centimos of Peseta), no matter they had no lion.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perra_chica

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Date			Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1870 🟎OM			287 381 000	$ 0.48	$ 0.99	$ 1.70	$ 2.30	$ 4.70	$ 8.80	$ 35

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 141 Lot 2361	25 Oct 2024	UNC	USD 45.26 (EUR 39.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Katz Summer Evening Auction 162 Lot 1216	7 Jul 2025	XF	USD 15.09 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 152 Lot 1079	8 Mar 2025	XF	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 141 Lot 2362	25 Oct 2024	XF	USD 27.85 (EUR 24.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 92 Lot 1206	15 Aug 2023		USD 18.57 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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