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100 Euros 100 Escudos “Centén” of Felipe III
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 168.88 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2009 M - Proof - 6,000 |
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The centén was the largest gold coin struck in the Spanish colonial monetary system — a hundred-escudo piece so massive it functioned less as circulating currency than as a portable store of bullion wealth, favored by merchants and the Crown alike for large-scale transactions. Felipe III's reign saw significant output from the American mints, where silver and gold from Potosí and New Spain flowed through Seville in quantities that distorted European monetary supply for generations.
This 2009 issue reproduces that format in gold-plated silver as part of Spain's ongoing historical restrikes series. The underlying .925 silver blank weighs nearly 169 grams — a nod to the sheer physical presence of the original, which would have been struck entirely in high-fineness gold at one of the peninsula's royal mints.