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4 Reales - Isabel II DIOS
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 1834-1836 |
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| Currency | Real de vellon (1808-1848) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed draped bust of Queen Isabella II facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed and gathered at the back with a decorative comb or pin, rendered in high relief with fine sculptural detail. The truncation of the bust is smooth and unadorned. The date 1836 appears in the lower field beneath the portrait. A circular legend runs along the periphery, separated from the design by a beaded inner border. The overall style reflects the neoclassical portraiture typical of early nineteenth-century Spanish coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "DIOS" designation in the legend reflects the constitutional turmoil of the early Isabeline period — specifically the royalist-absolutist formula retained by the regency government of María Cristina before the liberal constitutional settlement of 1837 forced a revision of official coinage legends. These transitional pieces were struck during the First Carlist War, when the Madrid mint was operating under constant political pressure and the legitimacy of the infant queen's claim was being contested in the field by her uncle Carlos.
Cal#259 places this among the earlier Isabeline issues superseded almost immediately by successive legend changes — making the production window tight enough that surviving examples in any grade above Fine are genuinely scarce.