Information on 1957 5 Pesetas [solved]

Good Afternoon,

I have recently come across a 1957 5 Pesetas coin and it has an R inside of the star. I was wondering if anyone could give me some information on it. I have not been able to find anything thus far.

Any help would be much appreciated. 

Hello, 

I enlarged the image.

It does  not look like the letter “R” - it  looks like the number “62”

Spanish coins are fairly  unique in that the year on the coin is not the date of the coin.

The year that the coin was was minted is inside the  star.

Look:

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Hello,

What seems to be an “R” (having turned the coin in 90°), at a closer look is a 62 (not turning the coin), in which the numbers 6 and 2 touch each other !

Regards

You’re absolutely right. I was just having a look at it again and I had a look at other 62 plate coins and they look the same. 
 

thank you for your response. I really appreciate it. 
 

it’s definitely a 62

Wait - the year is 1957, but minted in 1962? I am confused!

mjfrost2001

Wait - the year is 1957, but minted in 1962? I am confused!

So look at it, they all have the year 1957, only the year of manufacture is stamped in the star.

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Ivan

From Wikipedia:

"“Coins”

From 1868 to 1982, a unique dating system for Spanish coins was employed. This would be adopted and sometimes abandoned intermittently during various times, and continued through to be used through the first years of Juan Carlos I's reign. Although a common "authorization date" will be found on virtually all coins of this period on the obverse (front) of each coin, the actual date for many coins can be found inside a small six pointed star, typically on the reverse (back) of each coin, but sometimes the front. Therefore, the obverse date does not always reflect the actual date of mintage but rather a restriking of older obverse coin die designs. So, if the coin date shows 1959 up front but a tiny "64" is depicted in the six pointed star on the back, then the actual date of issue is in fact 1964 rather than the date depicted in front. This dating system would be abandoned in the early 1980s anticipating a one-by-one redesign of each coin denomination."

Last editions of peseta coins (lacks Pts 500 coin) and 1-euro coin for size reference.Decimal coinage of the monarchyedit

Hi! I also have problem identifying the mint year of the same coin! Could you say it's an error? Because I don't see any number in the star! Any kind of help would be great! Thanks!

Wear and tear does that quite often to the Spanish star yeared coins.

Yes mate, sometimes they are difficult to see clearly the date minted!