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1 Maravedi - Isabella II Piedfort
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1842 |
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| Weight | 1.80 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ISABEL 2A. POR LA G· DE DIOS Y LA CONST· 1 M· 1842. |
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Piedforts — coins struck at double or greater thickness on standard-diameter blanks — were produced in Spain during this period primarily as presentation pieces and pattern references for mint officials, not for circulation. The 1842 Isabella II issue falls within the early years of her effective reign, following the Pragmatic Sanction that set aside Salic law to allow her succession — a dynastic maneuver that triggered the First Carlist War and left the country in political turmoil throughout her minority. That a piedfort of so minor a denomination was produced at all suggests mint documentation purposes rather than any commemorative intent.