These are interesting collectible coins. The name of the currency originally comes from peceta, a Catalan diminutive form of the (Catalan) word peça (lit. piece, i.e. a coin), not from the Spanish peso (lit. weight). The word peseta has been known as early as 1737 to colloquially refer to the coin worth 2 reales provincial or 1⁄5 of a peso. Coins denominated in "pesetas" were briefly issued in 1808 in Barcelona under French occupation.
The peseta was the currency of Spain between 1868 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra (which had no national currency with legal tender)
Issuer: Spain
Type: Standard circulation coin
Year: 1868
Value: 1 Peseta (1 ESP)
Currency: Peseta (1868-2001)
Composition: Silver (83%)
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