Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
1876(76) DEM G25P


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Set Details
Origin/Country: SPAIN 1848 TO DATE
Design Description: GOLD 25 PESETAS - TYPE 1 "SIN BARBA"
Item Description: G25P 1876(76) DEM KM673
Grade: NGC MS 62
Owner: JohnA
 
Winning Set: Gold Pesetas - Complete Set (Originals and Restrikes)
Date Added: 4/15/2013
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Mintage: 1,281,374.
NGC Census + PCGS Pop.: 19 total; 2 at MS-62, 7 higher.
Type 1: "sin barba" ("beardless"). Portrait of Alfonso XII at age 18. Engraved by Gregorio Sellán.
DEM = Diaz, Escosura, Mendoza.

Alfonso XII, son of Isabel II, was proclaimed king on December 29, 1874, at age 17. He is "XII" because eleven regional kings of pre-unified Spain were named Alfonso, beginning in the eighth century with Alfonso I, King of Asturias, 739-757. Spain was not unified until 1492 under Fernando V and Isabel I, who co-reigned equally, and who united the separate kingdoms of Castile and León (Isabel's realm) with Aragón and Navarre (Fernando's realm), and conquered Andalusía from the Moors. The five realms are shown on the coat of arms (escudo) on the reverse side of the coin: the castle for Castile, the lion for León, the stripes for Aragón, the linked chains for Navarre, and (at the bottom) the pomegranate (granada) for Andalusía. The oval at the center with three fleurs-de-lis represents the House of Bourbon dynasty of kingship that gained ascendency in Spain in 1700, replacing the House of Habsburg. (In Spanish, Bourbon is spelled Borbón.)

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