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| Issuer | Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid) |
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| Year | 1897 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed youthful effigy of King Alfonso XIII facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed curly hair and naturalistic portrait characteristics of a child sovereign. The engraver's initials B.M. appear below the truncation of the neck. The date 1897 is inscribed in the lower exergue, flanked by two small rosette ornaments. The peripheral legend arcs around the upper and right fields. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The crowned coat of arms of Spain occupies the central field, displaying the quartered royal escutcheon with the castles of Castile, lions of León, the chain of Navarre, and the pomegranate of Granada, with the dynastic device of Anjou in an escutcheon en surtout. The shield is flanked by the crowned Pillars of Hercules, each bearing a banner with the motto PLUS ULTRA, and is encircled by the collar and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The denomination 100 PESETAS appears in the lower portion of the legend, with mint marks S·G· and the assayer initial V· also present. |
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| Mintage | 1897 - *1897 |
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