1957 50 cent PTAS, 1957 5 cent PTAS and 1966 50 CTS

Probably posting these incorrectly. Hope not.

 

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Your 50 pesetas is a 1958.
I can’t quite make out the date on the 5 pesetas, maybe 1974.
Can’t see the date on the 50 cent either.

 

I cannot tell on the 5. On the 50 on the star is 58. I’m still learning lol.

 

Think I got it straight. But I cannot tell on the star of 50 ptas.

 

I think 1971 on the 5 pesetas.

What’s in the second star on the 1966

 

Omg so small....

 

Very Tricky. A bunch of foreign coins I have had tucked away so many years that some were worn already but were preserved being stored.

 

Yes. I’m going to get my camera with my stronger lens to try again.

 

The 58 is obvious, but I'm afraid you are going to have to make a "best guess" on the other two. You can check the following link to see the years minted.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/espagne-1.html

BTW: Numista.com is a good site to book mark to look up foreign coins

 

Thank you. I have looked up the 50 Cts and read a little.. possible 67? Stupid question. Learning in process and will read more on it, but why the date on the coin are different than the star?

 

Now here is an interesting story with history, just wish I knew the answer. Good luck.

 

Yes I am determined to get as close as I can on that star.

 

From Wikipedia
Coins[edit]
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.

 

Thank you. Something how different countries have their own way or reasoning of how they produced their currency.