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5 Pesetas - Alfonso XII 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 1877-1881 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
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| Obverse lettering | ALFONSO XII POR LA G·DE DIOS * 1879 * |
| Reverse description | Central composition featuring the quartered royal arms of Spain — displaying the castles of Castile, lions of León, the fleur-de-lis of the Bourbons, and the chains of Navarre — surmounted by a large ornate royal crown. Flanking the shield are the two Pillars of Hercules, each entwined with a ribbon bearing the motto PLUS ULTRA. The mint officials' initials E·M· appear at the lower left and M· at the lower right of the field. The denomination 5 PESETAS is inscribed in the exergue, and the circumferential legend REY CONSTL. DE ESPAÑA arcs across the upper field. |
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| Mintage | 1877 DEM - *1877,Cal#28 - 6,987,000 1878 DEM - *1878,Cal#29 - 5,000,000 1878 EMM - *1878,Cal#30 - 4,147,986 1879 EMM - *1879,Cal#31 - 1,634,000 1881 MSM - *1881,Cal#32 - 699,000 1881 MSM - MSM/DEM*1881,Cal#33 - |
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