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Token - Artés Chocolates

Location Spain
Year 1903-1906
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Weight 4.8 g
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Obverse description This advertising token was made by countermarking a Spanish 5 céntimos coin of Alfonso XII dated 1880. The obverse retains the original portrait of Alfonso XII facing right, with the legend around the field reading his title by the grace of God, and the date 1880 in the lower exergue.
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Obverse lettering ALFONSO XII POR LA G DE DIOS * 1880 *
Reverse description The reverse bears the advertising countermark of the chocolate merchant, with the business name and address arranged in multiple lines across the field: CHOCOLATES ARTÉS at top, FRANCISCO CATÁ in the center, PUERTA DE MURCIA flanking the numeral 5, and CARTAGENA along the bottom.
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