I was looking in the catalog at my new Spanish 100 peseta 1966. It has listing's for 1966-66, 1966-67, 1966-68, 1966-69, with curved and straight 9, 1966-70 heavily altered, authentication recommended, and 1966-70. What are all the dates, are they over-dates?
No, back in those days Spanish coins had two dates: One year - usually easily visible - was the authorization date, the other one - often hidden in stars, in two or four digits - showed when the piece was minted. Newer coins (from the past 30+ years) do not have that differentiation any more. (Edit) The Franco 100 pesetas coin has the production date on the left and right of the authorization date. So you should see, below his head, a "19" in a star, then "1966", then a "70" (or whatever the year is) in the star on the right. Christian
It's written extremely small on top of the star next to the other date and is 70. It seems like if the coin was very worn at all the second date would not be readable at all.
