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25 Centimos - Alfonso XIII Pattern
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Value | 25 Centimos (0.25 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large, ornate interlaced royal cypher featuring the letter 'A' for Alfonso XIII, rendered in an elaborate calligraphic style with scrolling flourishes. Above the monogram, a detailed royal crown is displayed. The circular legend reads 'ALFONSO · XIII · REY DE ESPAÑA' around the periphery, with the date 1926 positioned at the bottom of the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Alfonso XIII authorized exploratory pattern coinage in the mid-1920s as part of broader discussions about reforming Spain's small-denomination silver series, which had seen little substantive change since the Restoration coinage of the 1870s. These pieces never advanced to circulation — the political instability of Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, under which Alfonso reigned as a largely compliant monarch, left monetary reform perpetually deferred.
The Aureo reference situates this among a small documented group. Survivors are almost invariably in mint state, having never left official hands.