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1 Peseta - Francisco Franco Ávalos
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 1967-1975 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The crowned Spanish coat of arms is centrally positioned, flanked on either side by the denomination numeral and the word PESETA. The Pillars of Hercules appear at the base of the arms supporting banners inscribed PLUS ULTRA. The patriotic motto UNA GRANDE LIBRE arcs around the upper field, with the actual year of minting encoded within the points of the flanking six-pointed stars. A beaded border encircles the entire reverse design. |
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Spain's aluminium-bronze peseta coinage of this period carries dates that require careful reading. The large date in the exergue is the year of the original die, but the true striking year is punched inside the six-pointed stars flanking it — a Spanish minting convention that makes these pieces routinely miscatalogued. A coin reading "1966" in the exergue may well have been struck as late as 1975, and the star dates are the only reliable guide to actual production year.
Franco died in November 1975, and coinage bearing his effigy continued into the transition period. The 1975 star-dated strikes are the last of the type before Juan Carlos I's accession issues replaced them.