Spain 1926-PC S 50 centimos
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In 1885, Alfonso XII died young of tuberculosis, leaving a posthumous son who was crowned Alfonso XIII. In 1869, the peso was reduced to 25 grams and set equal to five pesetas with each peseta divisible into 100 centimos. This system would prevail until the coming of the euro. This design shows the king as a hardbitten and cynical middle aged man much disliked by his subjects, no longer a boy king. In 1931, he was overthrown and exiled; this is one of the last coins bearing his portrait.
Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.
Specification: 2.5 g, .835 fine silver, .067 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: Cayón-17607, KM 741.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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- 1910 50 centimos
- 1925 25 centimos
- 1933 peseta
- Coins and currency dated 1926
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