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1.5 Euro La Madrileña

Features

Issuer Spain
King Felipe VI (2014-date)
Type Non-circulating coins
Year 2021
Value 1.5 Euros
1.50 EUR = USD 1.73
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% copper, 25% nickel)
Weight 15 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, Coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
314704
References KM# 1500
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Commemorative issue

La Madrileña

Series: History of railways

Obverse

Train known as "La Madrileña". Outside the image, reminiscent of different rails.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA MADRILEÑA
ESPAÑA 2021

Translation: Spain 2021

Reverse

Series and face value inside a central circle. Outside the central circle, an image of a railway track.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HISTORIA DEL FERROCARRIL
1,5 EURO
M

Translation: History of railways

Edge

Plain

Mint

M Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)

Comments

For the year 2021, since the European Year of the Rail and the 80th Anniversary of Renfe are celebrated, the FNMT-RCM issues a collection of 20 coins dedicated to the History of the Railways. This series reproduces a selection of trains and locomotives that have been relevant throughout its history.
La Madrileña: On February 9 1851, Isabel II opened Spain’s second railway track, running between Madrid and Aranjuez. The man who championed the project, José de Salamanca, travelled to France and England to deal personally with the purchase of the locomotives. According to his biographer, Hernández Girbal, Salamanca followed the advice of Stephenson and bought a first lot of four units from Stothert, Slaughter & Co. (Bristol).
The second of these locomotives, named the Madrileña, hauled the first pilot train months before the commencement of commercial activity, pulling four cars with 200 passengers on board. An English engine driver under the orders of one of the company’s managers drove the locomotive in this, the first railway journey from Madrid, during which the convoy travelled at a speed of “eight leagues per hour”.
According to the Madrid-Aranjuez Railway Manual, the only contemporary description available nowadays, it was registered as Number 2 and had a 120 running gear. From the drawings in the manual, the locomotive would appear to be of the Long Boiler type, a model devised by Robert Stephenson in 1842, increasing power by endowing the boiler with greater capacity. The design was highly suited to meet the demands of this railway track. It had two cylinders located on the exterior and two driving wheels with a diameter of 1,700 mm. It could reach a pressure of five atmosphere and had a maximum power of 186 hp.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2021 M 7 000 $ 18

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