Country: Spain 

King: Juan Carlos I (1975-2014)  

Type: Circulating commemorative coin 

Year: 1997

Value: 25 Pesetas (25 ESP)

Currency: Peseta (1868-2001)

Composition: Aluminium-bronze (88.4% Copper, 5% Nickel, 5% Aluminum, 1% Iron, 0.6% Manganese)

Weight: 4.2 g

Diameter: 19.5 mm

Thickness: 1.6 mm

Shape: Round with a round hole

Demonetized: 28-02-2002

Commemorative issue

Melilla

Series:  Autonomous communities of Spain

Obverse

Centre hole divides towered buildings of the Palace of the Assembly of Melilla

Lettering: ESPAÑA 1997 

Translation: Spain 1997 

Engraver: Luis Antonio Garcia Ruiz 

Reverse

Centre hole divides ancient phoenician amphora and dates

Lettering: 
25 PTAS
M MELILLA 1497-1997 

Translation: 
25 Pesetas
M Melilla 1497-1997 

Mint

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

Comments

Melilla is a Spanish autonomous city located on the northwest coast of Africa, sharing a border with Morocco. Melilla is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish cities in mainland Africa, the other being nearby Ceuta. It was part of the Province of Málaga until 14 March 1995, when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed. 

The coin is commemoring the 500th Anniversary of the Conquest of Melilla by Spain (1497).