Heritage Auctions

10000 Pesetas – Spain

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: Discoverers and Explorers

Series: 5th Centennial of the Discovery of America

Context

Year: 1991

Issuer: Spain

Period:

Ruler: Juan Carlos I

Currency:

(1868—2001)

Demonetization: 28 February 2002

Total mintage: 17,024

Material

Diameter: 73 mm

Weight: 168.75 g

Silver weight: 156.09 g

Thickness: 4 mm

Shape: Round

Composition: 92.5% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

References

KM: #896

Numista: #102206

Value

Exchange value: 10000 ESP

Bullion value: $420.11

Inflation-adjusted value: 25640.40 ESP

Obverse

Inscription:

🏵: JVAN : CARLOS : I REY : DE : ESPAÑA :🏵

19 91

Translation:

JUAN CARLOS I KING OF SPAIN 1991

Script: Latin

Language: Spanish

Engraver: Manuel Martinez Tornero

Reverse

Inscription:

: QVINTO : CENTENARIO :

M : 10000 : PTAS : 500

J. PONCE DE LEON

M. LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI

F. DE PAULA SANTAHOER

F. DE MIRANDA

J. J. FLORES

B. O'HIGGINS

H. DE SOTO

V. NUNEZ DE BALBOA

P. DE VALDIVIA

A. S. DE SUCRE

Translation:

QUINTO: CENTENARIO:
M: 10000: PTAS: 500
J. PONCE DE LEON
M. LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI
F. DE PAULA SANTAHOER
F. DE MIRANDA
J. J. FLORES
B. O'HIGGINS
H. DE SOTO
V. NUNEZ DE BALBOA
P. DE VALDIVIA
A. S. DE SUCRE

Script: Latin

Languages: Spanish, Latin

Engraver: Luis José Díaz Salas