fwo_545451 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - ALFONSO XII 5 Centimos 1878 Oeschger Mesdach & CO
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Price : 80.00 €
Type : 5 Centimos
Date: 1878
Mint name / Town : Oeschger Mesdach & CO
Quantity minted : 34372671
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,99 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : ALFONSO XII POR LA GRACIA DE DIOS* 1878*.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite d’Alphonse XII.
Obverse translation : (Alphonse XII par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REY CONST. DE ESPANA* CINCO CENTIMOS*.
Reverse description : Armes couronnées.
Reverse translation : (Roi constitutionnel d’Espagne).
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - ALFONSO XII
(29/12/1874-25/12/1885)
Alphonse XII (28/11/1857-25/12/1885) is the son of Isabella II who abdicated in her favor in 1868. After the eviction of Amédée de Savoie, king from 1871 to 1873, the republic is proclaimed on February 11, 1873 but Alphonse XII was restored to the Spanish throne on December 29, 1874. He married Maria Mercedes de Bourbon (1860-1878) then in 1879 Marie-Christine of Austria (1858-1929) who gave him a posthumous son , the future Alfonso XIII.
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