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50 Centimos - Alfonso XIII 1st portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 1889-1892 |
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| Weight | 2.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Alfonso XIII as a young child facing left, with finely engraved wavy hair rendered in high relief. The truncation of the bust is plain, with the engraver's initials 'G.S.' visible below. The surrounding legend reads 'ALFONSO XIII POR LA G. DE DIOS' interrupted at the base by the date flanked by two small stars. The design reflects the first portrait type of the young king, struck during his minority reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALFONSO XIII POR LA G· DE DIOS * 1892 * |
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Alfonso XIII was born king — his father Alfonso XII died in November 1885, and he reigned from birth under his mother María Cristina's regency. This coin was struck during those regency years, before Alfonso came of age in 1902. The "1st portrait" designation distinguishes it from later issues as the young king's official likeness aged alongside him through successive coinage types.
The Madrid mint struck these across four years with dates recorded in the small stars flanking the main date — the so-called *estrellas* dating system Spain used consistently through this period. Cal#54 identifies the specific die pairing within Calicó's exhaustive Spanish coinage census.