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    1899 20 Pesetas with M.P M (error?)

    According to José María Aledón ("La Peseta, Catálogo Básico," p. 101), your coin is a "falsificacion," that is, a counterfeit. His catalog...
    Post by: jdabeln, May 17, 2018 in forum: What's it Worth
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    1892 Spanish 20 Pesetas Gold

    My 2011 comment is incorrect. Here is the correct explanation from Spain: According to José María Aledón ("La Peseta, Catálogo Básico"), the issue...
    Post by: jdabeln, May 17, 2018 in forum: World Coins
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    1899 20 Pesetas with M.P M (error?)

    Check the edge. A genuine coin will have 18 fleurs-de-lis embossed around the edge.
    Post by: jdabeln, May 17, 2018 in forum: What's it Worth
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    1892 Spanish 20 Pesetas Gold

    The story is that mint records of the count (2,430,387) inadvertently included mintage from 1890 (2,344,449). By subtraction, perhaps only 85,878...
    Post by: jdabeln, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: World Coins