Online Coins Auction #57
Date: 2021-11-11
# Items: 2113
Total starting: 0
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1151
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Real Wedding. (Ae. 23.94g / 37mm). 1846. Barcelona. (Vives 385). Good Extremely Fine.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1152
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Prim Marqués de los Castillejos. War of Africa. (Silver calamine. 68.80g / 54mm). 1860. Barcelona. Engraver: Pomar. (Vives 809). Good Very Fine.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1153
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Prim Marqués de los Castillejos. War of Africa. (Silver calamine. 69.03g / 54mm). 1860. Barcelona. Engraver: Pomar. (Vives 809). Good Very Fine.
After the loss of the overseas colonies, Spain had become a second-rate power. Escarceos in the Pacific, Mexico or East Africa sought to maintain a certain level of international prestige and incidentally impose respect on a neighboring France that had just occupied Algerian soil. Rafael Echagüe, Antonio Ros de Olano and Juan Prim were the visible heads of the overwhelming victory in the battle of Wad-Ras against some Moroccan troops who capitulated giving way to a peace, of the same name as the battle, which did not mean for Spain no territorial expansion or strategic advantage, since neither France nor England allowed it.
After the loss of the overseas colonies, Spain had become a second-rate power. Escarceos in the Pacific, Mexico or East Africa sought to maintain a certain level of international prestige and incidentally impose respect on a neighboring France that had just occupied Algerian soil. Rafael Echagüe, Antonio Ros de Olano and Juan Prim were the visible heads of the overwhelming victory in the battle of Wad-Ras against some Moroccan troops who capitulated giving way to a peace, of the same name as the battle, which did not mean for Spain no territorial expansion or strategic advantage, since neither France nor England allowed it.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1154
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Agriculture Exhibition. (Ae. 39.61g / 43mm). 1857. Madrid. Engraver: Louis Charles Bouvet. In the recorded Cuivre song (Spanish Medals Collection, Vol II, N\u00ba 684). Extremely Fine.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1155
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Agriculture Exhibition. To the merit. (Ae.-over-gilt. 106.62g / 59mm). 1857. Madrid. Engraver: CB (Louis Charles Bouvet). (Vives 401). Very Fine. Limited.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1156
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Inauguration of the Canal de Isabel II. (Ae. 7.55g / 23mm). June 24, 1858. Madrid. (Vives 407). Good Very Fine.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1157
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Proclamation in Sevilla coming of age. (Ar. 6.01g / 23mm). Sevilla. 1843. Module of 4 Reales. (Ha-17). Very Fine.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1159
ISABEL II (1833-1868). Africa campaign. (White metal. 24.44g / 39mm). 1860. Circular medal on a Greek cross. (Pérez Guerra 725). Good Very Fine. Crown and ring are missing. Good Very Fine. Limited.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1162
AMADEO I (1871-1873). To the Mediterranean Squad. Trip to Spain of the new king. (Ae. 15.88g / 29mm). December 26, 1870. Engraver: G. Sellán. (VQ 14379). Almost Extremely Fine. Crown removed, mark in the area. Strange.
The new king would arrive by sea at the port of Cartagena on December 30, 1870. A few days later on January 2, 1871, Amadeo presented in the Atocha basilica in Madrid, his respect and condolence at the tomb of Prim, his principal defender and that he had been assassinated a few days before. Presented by his supporters as a promoter of progressivism and modernity, the first \u201cdemocratic king\u201d in our history never had enough political support or from important layers of society to consolidate his reign.
The new king would arrive by sea at the port of Cartagena on December 30, 1870. A few days later on January 2, 1871, Amadeo presented in the Atocha basilica in Madrid, his respect and condolence at the tomb of Prim, his principal defender and that he had been assassinated a few days before. Presented by his supporters as a promoter of progressivism and modernity, the first \u201cdemocratic king\u201d in our history never had enough political support or from important layers of society to consolidate his reign.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1165
ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). Centenary of the Academy of Mining (Ae. 242.00g / 70mm). 1877. (Vives 474). Extremely Fine. Very slight taps. Light double minting on the obverse.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1168
ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). Calderón de la Barca in its Second Centennial (Ae. 116.17g / 60mm). 1881. Engraver: J. Esteban Lozano. (RAH 704). Extremely Fine. Slight marks and scratch.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1173
ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Universal Exhibition of Barcelona. (Ae. 55.96g / 50mm). 1888. Engravers: J. Sol\u00e0, E. arnau and Castells. (Cru.Medalles 760 var). Extremely Fine. Without a crown.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1174
ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). International Fine Arts Exhibition. (Ar. 64.38g / 50mm). 1892. Madrid. Engraver: Bartolomé Maura. (Catalog of Spanish Medals, Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2005, p. 313). Good Very Fine. Limited.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1176
ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Visit of the Regent Queen María Cristina to the National Currency and Stamp Factory. (Ae. 65.20g / 50mm). February 12, 1894. Madrid. Engraver: Bartolmé Maura. Legend in seven lines. (RAH-735). Almost Extremely Fine.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1183
ALFONSO XIII. Universal Exhibition of Barcelona. (Ae. 61.81g / 50mm). 1888. Engravers: Solá, Arnau and Castells. (Cru. Medalles 760a). Almost Extremely Fine. Reverse stain.
The chronicles of those days that the exhibition was opened to the public on April 8, 1888, with the presence of the Barcelona authorities and a blessing made by the bishop of Barcelona, Jaime Catalá y Albosa, tell us. However, the official inauguration took place on May 20, 1888, and was presided over by King Alfonso XIII, who was then two years old, the Queen Regent María Cristina, the Princess of Asturias María de las Mercedes, the President of the Práxedes government Mateo Sagasta and the Mayor of Barcelona Francisco de Paula Rius y Taulet. Other personalities attending the event were: the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Genoa and the Princes of Wales, as well as numerous diplomatic delegations.
The chronicles of those days that the exhibition was opened to the public on April 8, 1888, with the presence of the Barcelona authorities and a blessing made by the bishop of Barcelona, Jaime Catalá y Albosa, tell us. However, the official inauguration took place on May 20, 1888, and was presided over by King Alfonso XIII, who was then two years old, the Queen Regent María Cristina, the Princess of Asturias María de las Mercedes, the President of the Práxedes government Mateo Sagasta and the Mayor of Barcelona Francisco de Paula Rius y Taulet. Other personalities attending the event were: the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Genoa and the Princes of Wales, as well as numerous diplomatic delegations.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1185
ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Centenary of the Uprising against the French. Infantry Academy. (Ae. 51.78g / 40mm). December 8, 1908. (National Heritage does not cite; RAH does not cite). Good Very Fine.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1187
ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). National Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture and architecture. (Ar. 59.00g / 50mm). 1910. Madrid. Engraver: B. Maura. (MPN 1272 var). Good Very Fine/ Very Fine. Stripes on reverse.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1188
ALFONSO XIII. (1875-1931). Tribute to Doctor Mariano Pardo de Figueroa (Thebussem). (Ae. 50.22g / 49mm). 1918. Engraver: J. Ortells. (National Heritage 1313). Almost Extremely Fine.
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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Universal Exhibition of Barcelona. (Ae. 27.59g / 38mm). 1929. Engraver: Castells. (Cru. Medalles 1262a) Good Very Fine. Limited.
ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1192
ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Barcelona International Exhibition. Collaboration. (Ae-silver. 41.64g / 35mm). 1929. Engraver: Castells. (Cru. Medalles 1262a). Includes crown, ring and ribbon as well as the original Hijos de B. Castells case. Good Extremely Fine. Limited.
The 1929 Exhibition was the final knock for the modernization, especially urban planning, of Barcelona. On May 19 of that year, the King, Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia, after the speech of General Primo de Rivera who was still at the head of the governing military directory, declared the International Exhibition to be inaugurated. The Montjuic mountain was the main protagonist on this occasion, in the same way that the Parc de la Ciutadella was in the previous one in 1888.
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The 1929 Exhibition was the final knock for the modernization, especially urban planning, of Barcelona. On May 19 of that year, the King, Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia, after the speech of General Primo de Rivera who was still at the head of the governing military directory, declared the International Exhibition to be inaugurated. The Montjuic mountain was the main protagonist on this occasion, in the same way that the Parc de la Ciutadella was in the previous one in 1888.
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ibercoin - Online Coins Auction #57 . 1193
ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Barcelona International Exhibition. Cooperation. (Ae. 27.03g / 35mm). 1929. Engraver: Castells. (Cru. Medalles 1262a). Crown and ribbon separate from the medal. Includes original case of Hijos de B. Castells. Extremely Fine. Limited.