Help...need to know what these coins are..value

yanyak5

Hey,
I dont have a pic of the coins but will explain them to you. I have 4 coins all the same. They are Gold in color. On the back it has a picture of what seems to be 2 pilliars and some sort of coat of arms symbol ? On the back it also says "UNA PESETA" .

On the Front of the Coin is a guy that looks like a monk..He's bald headed and faces to the right. The coins dates are :1966,1963, 1966,1966. As well as the dates, the coins also read : "Franco caudillo de espana por la g. de dios" When looking at the dates, they seem to read upsidedown with the rest of the text of the coins.

Also, I have a coin that looks similiar on the back but instead reads on the front " juan carlos I rey de espana 1975" and the guy faces to the left instead of the right like the other coins.


Any help on these coins, Especially value would be most appreciated.

Thad

rhound1977

Not having my Krause in front of me I would say you have 1 Peseta Coins from Spain, depending on condition and Mint Mark they are probably valued from 25 cent to a dollar or two...

satootoko

<< <i>On the Front of the Coin is a guy that looks like a monk. >>

That's Francisco Franco, the Spanish Dictator who used the "caudillo" title (which roughly translates as "regent") after leading the forces that won the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

<< <i>reads on the front " juan carlos I rey de espana 1975 >>

That's King Juan Carlos I, who has ruled in a restoration of the monarchy following Franco's death. On that coin look in the tiny six-pointed stars for the true date of minting, as the 1975 date was used throughout the life of that design.

Value? 10 for a buck, more or less.

lordmarcovan

Spanish pesetas have what is commonly referred to as the "secret date". The obvious date you see on the coin is a series date, as you see on US paper money. It is not the actual year the coin was issued. That date can be found in teeny-tiny numerals, hidden inside the six-pointed stars on the reverse. You'll need a magnifier to see the "secret date", unless you have really sharp eyes. Sometimes the "secret date" is worn away.

I don't know why the Spanish did that, but it's sort of an odd feature of their mid-20th century coinage.