CARLOS IV (1788-1808). Voto de los Reyes and Principe Fernando at the Academy of Sevilla. (Gilt bronze. 38.96g / 49mm). 1796. Engravers: Pardo and JBA. (Vives 183). Ob: Bust of Carlos IV with cuirass, cape and fleece, around legend: CAROLVS IV REX CATHOL HISPALI PIVS. Rev: In front of a semicircular arcade, the Kings and Prince of Asturias kneeling before the tomb of San Fernando, around the legend: SOLVTIS CAELESTI NVMINI VOTIS, in exergue: HISPAL SCHOL MDCCLXXXXVI. Good Very Fine. Cleaned. Tapping on the edge.
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CARLOS IV (1788-1808). Proclamation in Valencia. (Ar.3.63g / 23mm). 1789. Module of 2 Reales. (Vives 698; RAH 396). Ob: Draped bust of Carlos IV, around legend: D CARLOS IV REY DE ESPAṄA. Rev: Escudo crowned with bat in lozenge and the arms of the city, among crowned L, around legend: PROCLAMED IN VALENCIA. Almost Extremely Fine. Beautiful patina.
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CARLOS IV (1788-1808). Proclamation in Valencia. (Ar., 12.93g / 35mm). 1789. Engraver: M. Peleguer y Tossar. (H-107). Ob: Bust of the king with breastplate, band, cloak and collar of the fleece, around legend: CAROLVS IIII REX CATHOL INAVGVRANTVS, under the bust: MDCCLXXXIX. Rev: Spain standing with the royal banner under a bat and an oval shield with the arms of Valencia, to its right the representation of the Turia with its name on a pole, around the legend: VOTA BONOS DVCIT AD EXITVS, in exergue: VALENTINORVM / FIDES. Extremely Fine. Nice and irregular patina. Limited.
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CARLOS IV (1788-1801). Droz minting method. (Silver bronze. 26.03g / 40mm). 1801. Engraver: M. González de Sepúlveda. (Vives 191). Anv: Laureate bust of Carlos IV and bust of the queen with diadem, around legend: ANION AUGUSTA. Rev: Caption: AVOIDING / FRAUD / DILATION AND EXPENSES / IDENTIFY / SIGNS, around caption: JP GROZ INVENTOR OF THE METHOD OF MULTIPLYING THE DIES. In the song legend: ACUṄA SURFACE AND SONG TO A SINGLE HIT. Good Very Fine.
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FERNANDO VII (1808-1833). Restoration of the Constitution of 1812. (Silvered bronze. 71.88 / 50mm). March 7, 1820. Caque and Barre Engravers. (Vives 337 metal variants). Anv: Laureate head of Ferdinand VII on the left, around the legend: FERNANDO VII FOR THE G OF GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE MON KING OF SPAIN AND YND. Rev: Minerva standing to the left carrying spear and shield, uncovering tablets with inscription: CONSTITUCION POLITICA / DE LA MONARQUIA ESPAṄOLA, around the legend: RESTABLISHED BY THE WISDOM OF THE KING AND THE CONSTANCE OF THE NATION, below: MARCH 7, 1820. Good Very Fine.
The popular Constitution of 1812 was proclaimed up to three times. In addition to the one of 12, it was also in 1820 and in a short period in 1836. In this one that concerns us marks the starting gun of the well-known Liberal Triennium and was sworn in by the king, pressured by the social situation of the country, the March 9, 1820. The Constitution established, among other important developments, that sovereignty rested with the nation, not with the king, the separation of powers or indirect universal male suffrage. Only three years later it ceased to have effect, beginning the so-called Ominous Decade.
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ISABEL II (1833-1868). Return of María Cristina de Borbón. (Ae. 59.07g / 52mm). 1844. Minted by the Barcelona Provincial Council. Engraver: Jubany. (Cru. Medals 549). Extremely Fine. Limited.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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