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40 Centimos de Escudo - Isabel II
| Issuer | Real Casa de la Moneda (Royal Mint of Spain) |
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| Year | 1864-1868 |
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| Value | 40 Escudo cents (0.40) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The quartered Royal Arms of Spain displayed on a crowned escutcheon at center, bearing the traditional castles of Castile and lions of León in the first and fourth quarters, with the fleurs-de-lis of the Bourbon dynasty in the second and third quarters, and the pomegranate of Granada in base. The royal crown surmounts the shield. The circular legend arcs around the upper periphery, with the denomination inscription along the lower arc. A toothed border surrounds the design. |
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Isabel II's silver fractional coinage of the 1860s was a direct product of the 1864 monetary reform that aligned Spanish currency with the emerging Latin Monetary Union framework, though Spain would not formally join until 1868 — the same year Isabel was deposed and fled to France following the Glorious Revolution. These coins thus bracket a reign in terminal decline, struck through years of constitutional crisis, military pronunciamientos, and a treasury chronically emptied by colonial expenditure and court excess.
The .810 fineness is specific to this reform period and was abandoned almost immediately after Isabel's fall.