the actual date the coin was minted is in the stars if I remember rightly as the coins kept the 1881 main date? (18 in the left star and 82 in the right)
This is common among Spanish coins. I really dislike it as it can be very difficult to read the date unless you have a good magnifying glass. You will find this in Spanish coins all the way to the 1980's.
oh right, got you. It seems a bit wierd that thay would go to the trouble of dating the stars if they were at some point just going to change the 'big date' normally anyway...
For this coin why is there a 1882/1 (82) MS-M entry, and a 1882 (82) MS-M entry?
Thanks
Well... not really being familiar with the coin I would suggest this: Wrong (old 1881) dies were used at the beginning of the 1882 run, were restruck with new 1882 dies and then the run was finished with the new 1882 dies. This gives you both varieties.
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For this coin why is there a 1882/1 (82) MS-M entry, and a 1882 (82) MS-M entry?
Thanks
Well... not really being familiar with the coin I would suggest this: Wrong (old 1881) dies were used at the beginning of the 1882 run, were restruck with new 1882 dies and then the run was finished with the new 1882 dies. This gives you both varieties.
Yes, it means an overdate. All the values (25, 10, 5, 2, 1) of 1882 pesetas exist with overdate 1882/1.
The dies of 1881 were reused, likely because had been made too much and left over.
The variants for this coin/year are:
1882/81 stars 18-81
1882/81 stars 18-82
1882 stars 18-82
A 2 from a 1882 peseta with part of a previous 1 not removed:
Referee for Spain, Iberia (ancient), Suebi Kingdom and Visigothic Kingdom