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Spain 50 Centimos 1880-S And After. Could Someone Explain The Catalogue's Notes To Me?

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Hi! Ricky Olcese here. I would like to start a type collection of Spanish 50 centimos coins. I wanted to see the Krause catalogue to know and understand more about these coins, but I found some notations I couldn't decipher! Could you help me understand what the notes below the price chart means? And also the numbers between brackets next to the dates, what do they mean?

At least I did some research and found out what the initials MS-M mean, they were the initials of some officials working at the minting house. My problem is basically with the 1885/1 (86) etc. dates. Could you explain it to me and perhaps post some example in which the difference between a 1885/1 (86) coin and a 1885 (86) can be seen?

Thanks!



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 Posted 12/01/2023  7:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Albert to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Date should be found in the stars- may need a good mag glass
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The numbers in the brackets are in the stars, yes.

1885/1 looks like notation for an overdate - i.e. the 5 is engraved, and/or punched, over an earlier 1. I have no idea what this might look like and don't have the time to check right now, but I can try to look for some examples in the morning.
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Thank you for your kind replies! Spasibo bolshoe! Ya seychas ponimayu. Gracias. Merci.
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