Watch List notes:

SPAIN, Reino de España. Alfonso XII. 1874-1885. AR 5 Pesetas (37mm, 24.94 g, 6h). Madrid mint. Eduardo Díaz Pimienta, Julia de la Escosura, and Ángel Mendoza Ordóñez, assayers. Dated 1877 (18 77 en estrellas) DE M. KM 676. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65 WINGS APPROVED. Mottled toning over very brilliant surfaces. Highest graded for date with none higher for type.


Purchased from Randolph Zander (an elder statesman of numismatics and a Russian specialist).