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40 000 Pesetas - Juan Carlos I Coin press
| Issuer | Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1004, Schön#156 |
| Obverse description | Full-length effigy of King Juan Carlos I standing facing, dressed in military uniform with sash, holding a document or baton in both hands before him. The Spanish Royal coat of arms appears to the right of the figure in the field. The date 1992 is divided by the king's feet in the lower field. The circumferential legend reading JVAN:CARLOS:I to the left and REY:DE:ESPANA to the right arcs around the design, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle bordered by a plain rim. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of a horse-powered coin press, showing multiple horses harnessed to radial arms that drive a central vertical shaft supporting a large horizontal capstan wheel, representing the historic minting machinery used at the Royal Mint of Madrid. The mint mark M with a crowned monogram appears to the lower left of the beaded inner circle, flanked by a decorative mark to the lower right. The upper legend QVINTO·CENTENARIO arcs above the design within the beaded circle, while the denomination legend M·40000·PTAS appears below, all referencing the quincentennial of Columbus's 1492 voyage. |
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| Mintage | 1992 M - - 1,018 1992 M - Proof - 1,199 |
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