Spanish 2 1/2 peseta Franco error in year at star?

Hello,

I have a 2 1/2 pesetas of Franco, year 1953, but in the star is the number "19" or "61" if viewed from reverse.
I tried to make pictures and scan, but it will not show clearer...I will try to obtain images again and will post as soon as I make them, but I just want to know whether this is a common error, and is known?

Best regards and thanks for any information.

There are two stars, one before and one after "2,50" in reverse. The star before has "19" and the star after has "54" or "56".

If your coin has a "19" or "61" in the star after, you have an unknown (for me) coin.

Hello,

thank you very much for enlightening me! I didn't know that there are 2 stars on this coin! Excuse my ignorance on Spanish coins.
I just checked it carefully and I see the second star has a completely worn date, flat I'll catalogue it as 1954 than :)

Thank you very much!

Well, the Spanish coins have this habit of exposing the first year of issue  visibye, then you have to use magnifiers if not microscope to figure the real year of coinage in two stars hidden on the coin. The two stars usually divide the first 2 digits (e.g. "18" or "19") then the second star has the 3rd,4th ones (e.g. "66", etc.)
A good example is shown here: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces786.html

If you view the years it states "1966 67", then "1966 68" meaning that the actual mintage year is hidden in two stars from left and right of the word UNA "19"  "'67", which is clearly visible if you enlarge the pic of the coin in the link.
I hope it helps

I am aware now of this "feature"  but never had a Spanish coin with 2 stars, so the second, top star was flat, worn I thought it was "decorative" but thanks a lot for the info's everybody.

*19 *61

If a star in pesetas is flat, may be due to wear or weak minting. If the rest of the small details in the coin are well preserved, then minted is weak, not worn. This is an anepigraphic coin and the numismatic value is lower.

Thanks everybody for the detailed information provided! The rest of the details is good, but it is easily recognizable that the coin had seen some heavy circulation :)

Never mind it has no value...I just collect for fun, to show my daughter and family relatives, different coins from all over the world, and history. And I would say Franco did some history!

A last curious fact about the 2 1/2 pesetas. In the 50's was the most common wedding coin in Spain.

That is interesting!

In what sense the most common for wedding, like presents? Or like the in the UK that they put a sixpence in the brides shoes for good luck?

I am always interested in the coins history!

I think the English name is wedding coins, unity coins or arras.

Look at this link: www.celebrateintimateweddings.com/13goldcoins.html

In catholic weddings in Spain, the groom gives the bride 13 coins. It's a custom of Roman origin, in Latin called arrhae sponsaliciae. I don't know if this custom is preserved in some other country. The rich people have always used gold or silver coins, and the poor used bronze coins.