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5 Centimos Pattern
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Diameter | 23 mm |
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| Obverse description | A boldly modelled lion passant guardant occupies the central field, depicted in left profile with its head turned sharply to the right, conveying heraldic strength and naturalistic detail in the rendering of its mane, musculature, and claws. The date 1929 is inscribed in the upper right field. The legend ESPAÑA is engraved in bold relief along the lower exergual area beneath the lion. The design is set within a plain raised rim, with no additional ornamental border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 CENTIMOS |
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The 1929 Spanish patterns in copper were produced under Primo de Rivera's dictatorship, a regime that had suspended the Cortes and ruled by royal decree since 1923. By 1929, the peseta was under severe pressure — speculation against the currency had become a crisis — and monetary reform proposals were actively circulating within government circles. Whether this pattern relates directly to those discussions or simply reflects routine pre-production testing is unresolved. The Aureo reference places it within a small documented group, but surviving examples are genuinely scarce.