Kingdom of Spain (1479-1873, 1874-1931, 1975-present), Spanish Republic (1873-1874, 1931-1939), Spanish State (1936-1975)
Country in Western Eruope (1479-present)
Location: Iberian Peninsula
Capital City: Madrid (1479-present), Salamanca (1936-1939, Nationalists), Burgos (1936-1939, Nationalists), Valecnia (1936-1937, Republic), Barcelona (1937-1939, Republic)
Government type: Absolute Monarchy (1479-1808, 1813-1820, 1823-1833, 1977-present), Semi-Constitutional Monarchy (1808-1813, 1975-1977), Constitutional Monarchy (1820-1823, 1833-1868, 1870-1873, 1874-1931), Provisional Government (1868-1870, 1936 Nationalists), Republic (1873-1874, 1931-1939), Republic under a Dictatorship (1936-1975)
Main languages: Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Chronology
1479: Castile and Aragon de facto united into Spain
1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession
1808-1813: French occupation, Bourbon king deposed and Napoleon's brother installed as king, some territories remain loyal to Bourbon monarchy
1833-1840: First Carlist War
1846-1849: Second Carlist War
1868: Queen deposed and provisional government established
1870: Throne given to an Italian prince
1872-1876: Third Carlist War
1873: King abdicates, republic declared
1874: Monarchy restored
1931: King deposed, republic established
1936-1939: Spanish Civil War, Nationalists establish alternate government
1939: Nationalists under Francisco Franco win civil war
1947: Monarchy restored on paper, but nothing atcually happens
1975: Franco dies, kingdom restored
Currency
First Real (1497-1833)
1 Real = 4 Cuartillos = 34 Maravedis = 68 Blancas • 1 Escudo = 16 Reales • 1 Excellente = 375 Maravedis
Real Vellon (1808-1848)
1 Real Vellon = 34 Maravedis • 1 Peso Fuerte = 20 Real Vellon
Second Real (1848-1873)
1 Real = 10 Decimas = 100 Centimos
Escudo (1864-1873)
1 Escudo = 100 Centimos = 1000 Milesimas
Peseta (1868-2002)
1 Peseta = 100 Centimos
Euro (1999-present)
1 Euro = 100 Euro Cents
Coins from Spain in the collection
Kingdom (1479-1868)
•1 Maravedi, 1601 (King Felipe III (1598-1621), billon, Segovia mint, KM#2)
•4 Maravedi, 1699 (King Carlos II (1665-1700), billon) Counterstamped Cal#796 with "1699" and "IIII"
•4 Maravedi, 1719 (King Felipe V (1700-1724), copper, Zaragoza mint, KM#305)
•8 Maravedi, 1621 (King Felipe IV (1621-1665), copper, KM#10)
•1 Real, 1751 (King Fernando VI (1746-1759), silver (.833), Madrid mint, KM#369.1)
•2 Maravedi, 1829 (King Fernando VII (1808-1833), copper, Segovia mint, KM#487)
•8 Maravedi, 1819 (King Fernando VII (1808-1833), copper, Jubia mint, KM#491)
•8 Maravedi, 1840 (King Isabella II (1833-1868), copper, Segovia mint, KM#531.3)
•4 Real, 1811 (King Jose Napoleon (1808-1814), silver (.812), Madrid mint, KM#540.1)
•2 Real, 1860 (King Isabella II (1833-1868), silver (.900), Barcelona mint, KM#607.1)
•1 Escudo, 1866 (King Isabella II (1833-1868), silver (.900), Madrid mint, KM#626.1)
Provisional Government (1868-1870)
•1 Centimo, 1870 (bronze, Barcelona mint, KM#660)
•5 Centimo, 1870 (bronze, Barcelona mint, KM#662)
•10 Centimo, 1870 (bronze, Barcelona mint, KM#663)
•1 Peseta, 1870 (silver (.835), Madrid mint, KM#653)
Kingdom (1870-1873)
•5 Peseta, 1871 (King Amadeo I (1871-1873), silver (.900), Madrid mint, KM#666)
Kingdom (1874-1931)
•10 Centimo, 1870 (King Alfonso XII (1874-1885), bronze, Barcelona mint, KM#675)
•25 Centimo, 1927 (King Alfonso XIII (1886-1931), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#742)
•50 Centimo, 1880 (King Alfonso XII (1874-1885), silver (.835), Madrid mint, KM#685)
•50 Centimo, 1892 (King Alfonso XIII (1886-1931), silver (.835), Madrid mint, KM#690)
•50 Centimo, 1910 (King Alfonso XIII (1886-1931), silver (.835), Madrid mint, KM#730)
•1 Peseta, 1876 (King Alfonso XII (1874-1885), silver (.835), Madrid mint, KM#672)
Second Republic (1931-1939)
•10 Centimo, 1938 (cardboard, Madrid mint, Miró# 89)
•25 Centimo, 1934 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#751)
•25 Centimo, 1938 (cardboard, Madrid mint, Miró# 12)
•50 Centimo, 1937 (brass, Madrid mint, KM#754)
•1 Peseta, 1937 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#755)
Francoist State (1936-1975)
•10 Centimo, 1940 (aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#766)
•10 Centimo, 1945 (aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#766)
•10 Centimo, 1953 (aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#766)
•10 Centimo, 1959 (aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#790)
•25 Centimo, 1937 (cupronickel, Vienna mint, KM#753)
•50 Centimo, 1951 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#777)
•50 Centimo, 1956 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#777)
•50 Centimo, 1967 (aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#795)
•1 Peseta, 1944 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#767)
•1 Peseta, 1953 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#775)
•1 Peseta, 1954 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#775)
•1 Peseta, 1956 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#775)
•1 Peseta, 1967 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#796)
•1 Peseta, 1968 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#796)
•1 Peseta, 1972 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#796)
•1 Peseta, 1974 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#796)
•1 Peseta, 1975 (aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#796)
•5 Peseta, 1958 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#786)
•5 Peseta, 1960 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#786)
•5 Peseta, 1965 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#786)
•5 Peseta, 1968 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#786)
•5 Peseta, 1972 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#786)
•25 Peseta, 1958 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#787)
•25 Peseta, 1959 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#787)
•25 Peseta, 1965 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#787)
•25 Peseta, 1966 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#787)
•25 Peseta, 1968 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#787)
•25 Peseta, 1970 (cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#787)
Kingdom (1975-present)
•1 Peseta, 1977 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#806)
•1 Peseta, 1978 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#806)
•1 Peseta, 1980 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#806)
•1 Peseta, 1980 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#816) Commemorative: 1982 FIFA World Cup, Spain
•1 Peseta, 1981 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#816) Commemorative: 1982 FIFA World Cup, Spain
•1 Peseta, 1982 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#816) Commemorative: 1982 FIFA World Cup, Spain
•1 Peseta, 1990 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#832)
•1 Peseta, 1991 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#832)
•1 Peseta, 1983 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum-magnesium, Madrid mint, KM#822)
•5 Peseta, 1976 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#807)
•5 Peseta, 1978 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#807)
•5 Peseta, 1979 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#807)
•5 Peseta, 1982 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#817) Commemorative: 1982 FIFA World Cup, Spain
•5 Peseta, 1984 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#823)
•5 Peseta, 1989 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#833)
•5 Peseta, 1992 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#833)
•5 Peseta, 1995 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#946) Commemorative: Autonomous Communities of Spain (Asturias)
•5 Peseta, 1996 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#960) Commemorative: Autonomous Communities of Spain (La Rioja)
•5 Peseta, 1998 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#833)
•5 Peseta, 2001 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#833)
•10 Peseta, 1985 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#827)
•25 Peseta, 1978 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#808)
•25 Peseta, 1980 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#808)
•25 Peseta, 1981 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#818) Commemorative: 1982 FIFA World Cup, Spain
•25 Peseta, 1991 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#851) Commemorative: 1992 Barcelona Olympics (High Jump)
•25 Peseta, 1992 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#904) Commemorative: Seville Expo 1992 (Giralda)
•25 Peseta, 1995 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#948) Commemorative: Autonomous Communities of Spain (Castilla y Leon)
•25 Peseta, 1996 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#962) Commemorative: Autonomous Communities of Spain (Castilla la Mancha)
•50 Peseta, 1978 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#809)
•50 Peseta, 1982 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#825)
•50 Peseta, 1990 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#852) Commemorative: Seville Expo 1992
•100 Peseta, 1982 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#826)
•100 Peseta, 1983 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#826)
•100 Peseta, 1984 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#826)
•100 Peseta, 1985 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#826)
•200 Peseta, 1987 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel, Madrid mint, KM#829)
•500 Peseta, 1989 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#831)
•500 Peseta, 1997 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), aluminum bronze, Madrid mint, KM#924)
•1 Euro Cent, 2005 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), copper-plated steel, Madrid mint, KM#1040)
•2 Euro Cent, 2000 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), copper-plated steel, Madrid mint, KM#1041)
•2 Euro Cent, 2008 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), copper-plated steel, Madrid mint, KM#1041)
•5 Euro Cent, 2000 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), copper-plated steel, Madrid mint, KM#1042)
•10 Euro Cent, 1999 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), nordic gold, Madrid mint, KM#1043)
•20 Euro Cent, 1999 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), nordic gold, Madrid mint, KM#1044)
•50 Euro Cent, 1999 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), nordic gold, Madrid mint, KM#1045)
•50 Euro Cent, 2000 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), nordic gold, Madrid mint, KM#1045)
•1 Euro, 2004 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel-plated nickel in nickel brass, Madrid mint, KM#1046)
•1 Euro, 2007 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), cupronickel-plated nickel in nickel brass, Madrid mint, KM#1073)
•1 Euro, 2019 (King Felipe VI (2014-present), cupronickel-plated nickel in nickel brass, Madrid mint, KM#1327)
•10 Euro, 2002 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), silver (.925), Madrid mint, KM#1048) Commemorative: Spanish Presidency of the European Union
Banknotes from Spain in the collection
Kingdom (1874-1931)
•25 Peseta, 1928 (King Alfonso XIII (1886-1931), P#74)
Francoist State (1936-1975)
•1 Peseta, 1951 (P#139)
•1 Peseta, 1953 (P#144)
•5 Peseta, 1954 (P#146)
Kingdom (1975-present)
•1,000 Peseta, 1979 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), P#158)
•1,000 Peseta, 1992 (King Juan Carlos I (1975-2014), P#163)