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Issuing authority

Kingdom of Spain

Peseta-era Spanish monarchy following the Latin Monetary Union standard.

Kind
kingdom
Region
Iberian Peninsula, Europe
Recorded period
1874 – 1931

Restoration monarchy; succeeded by the Second Spanish Republic.

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

7

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

7 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1850 – 1925

6 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Spanish definitive stamps

Pedro Ayala

stamps

Spanish definitive stamps

1850 onwards

Spanish definitive stamps are regular postal issues of Spain, originating with the first Queen Isabella II series released on 1 January 1850. Produced lithographically and imperforate without watermarks in denominations ranging from six cuartos to ten reales, these issues marked the formal adoption of adhesive prepa…

Documented

Research required

Banknote, Bradbury, Wilkinson y Cia (New Malden)

Museum of Costume. Ethnological Heritage Research Centre via Europeana

banknotes

Banknote, Bradbury, Wilkinson y Cia (New Malden)

Banknote is held by Museum of Costume. Ethnological Heritage Research Centre (Spain), attributed to Bradbury, Wilkinson y Cia (New Malden). Description supplied by the holding institution: 100 pesetas banknote. On the obverse is the portrait of Cervantes and a monument in his honor; on the reverse, a scene from Don…

Documented

Partial type record

Spanish 5 pesetas silver, Alfonso XIII

Klondike Auction 81 (27 Sep 2026)

modern coins

Spanish 5 pesetas silver, Alfonso XIII

Late 19th to early 20th century

The Spanish silver 5 pesetas of Alfonso XIII is a crown-sized coin, also known as a duro, produced under Latin Monetary Union standards in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Struck in.900 fine silver, this denomination represented five pesetas, officially fixed as equal to one traditional peso duro.…

Documented

Partial type record

King Alfonso XIII - Blue Control Numbers on Backside issue, Kingdom of Spain, 1901

"Correos España", via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

King Alfonso XIII - Blue Control Numbers on Backside issue, Kingdom of Spain, 1901

1901

The King Alfonso XIII - Blue Control Numbers on Backside issue comprises 12 postage stamps released by the Kingdom of Spain on 1 January 1901. The StampWorld catalogue lists 12 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 204–215), printed in 12 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 2C brown; 5C green…

Documented

Partial type record

Banknote proof, Banco de España, 1908

National Archaeological Museum via Europeana

banknotes

Banknote proof, Banco de España, 1908

1908

Banknote proof is held by National Archaeological Museum (Spain), dated 1908, attributed to Banco de España. Description supplied by the holding institution: Carmine red color proof for the reverse of the 25 pesetas banknote from the issue of 1 December 1908. The sketches and plates were produced by Enrique Vaquer,…

Documented

Partial type record

King Alfonso XIII issue, Kingdom of Spain, 1922–1930

Amfeli, via Wikimedia Commons

stamps

King Alfonso XIII issue, Kingdom of Spain, 1922–1930

1922–1930

The King Alfonso XIII issue comprises 12 postage stamps released by the Kingdom of Spain in 1922–1930. The StampWorld catalogue lists 12 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 276–287), printed in 12 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 2C green; 5C purple; 5C rose; 10C carmine; 10C greenish; 1…

Documented

Partial type record

Banknote, Banco de España, 1925

Museum of Carlism via Europeana

banknotes

Banknote, Banco de España, 1925

1925

Banknote is held by Museum of Carlism (Spain), dated 1925, attributed to Banco de España. Description supplied by the holding institution: Obverse: portrait of Philip II with the Palace and Monastery of El Escorial in the background, bordered with a perimeter border, inscriptions, and values. Reverse: image of the p…

Documented

Partial type record

Entries by catalogue category

  • Banknotes3
  • Postage Stamps3
  • Modern World Coins1

Counts of published entries only. They describe this catalogue's holdings, not everything the issuer or maker produced.

Dated entries by century

  • 19th century2
  • 20th century4

Only the 6 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

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