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25 Pesetas Wedding of Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid) |
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| Year | 1906 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ALFONSO · XIII · VICTORIA · EUGENIA · REYES · DE · ESPAÑA 31· MAYO · 1906 |
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Struck to commemorate the May 1906 wedding of Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, the ceremony itself was interrupted when anarchist Mateo Morral threw a bomb concealed in a bouquet of flowers at the royal carriage in Madrid's Calle Mayor. Over twenty people were killed; the couple survived. This coin was already in production or circulation when the attack occurred.
The nickel-zinc composition marks a departure from Spain's earlier silver coinage and reflects the fiscal constraints of a monarchy already losing its grip on imperial revenues following 1898.