Spain 5 Pesetas, 1997

Islas Baleares

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Spain Spain
Currency Peseta (1868 – 2001)
Coin type Circulating commemorative coin
Denomination 5 Pesetas
Year 1997
Ruler Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)
Composition Aluminium bronze (88.4% copper, 5% nickel, 5% aluminium, 1% iron, 0.6% manganese)
Shape Round
Alignment Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 3
Diameter (mm) 17.5
Thickness (mm) 1.5
Demonetized 28 February 2002

Description

5 Pesetas from Spain. Issued in 1997. Struck in Aluminium bronze (88.4% copper, 5% nickel, 5% aluminium, 1% iron, 0.6% manganese). Measures 17.5 mm and weighs 3 g.

Obverse
Stone monument (Neolithic "taula" of the archaeological site of Torrellafuda, in Menorca) with the silhouette of the wind of Tramontana and the date to the right (Menorca Biosphere ReserveSpain 1997)
Reverse
Figure on rearing horse with the denomination to the left (5 PesetasM Balearic Islands)
Edge
Plain

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage g vg f vf xf au unc Comment Frequency
1997 M 709M € 0,15 € 0,22 € 0,27 € 0,27 € 0,33 € 0,33 € 0,33 normal rim (square top) 98%
1997 M — — — € 0,23 € 0,23 € 0,23 € 0,33 — wide rim (round top) 3%

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