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). Visit to the Casa de la Moneda. (Ar. 17.71g / 33mm). June 28, 1875. Madrid. Engraver: G. Sellan. (Vives 462 metal variation). Good Very Fine.
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ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). Arrival of the new king in Spain. (Ae. 15.36g / 28mm). 1875. Engraver: Esteban Lozano. (RAH 672). Extremely Fine. Slight marks. and tap on the graphite of the obverse.
On January 7, 1875, the Navas de Tolosa frigate, a first-class propeller frigate of the Spanish Navy and among whose main assets was its participation in the Cantonal Revolution of Cádiz in 1873, left the port of Marseille bound for Valencia. On board the new king, the same dynasty of yesteryear, to try to end one of the most turbulent times in our contemporary history. Spain leaves behind the flight of a queen, the outbreak of the "glorious", a first republican attempt and even a dynastic change. The Restoration began.
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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). Mr. Fernando Cos-Gayón. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance. (Ae. 91.15g / 55mm). 1878. Madrid. Engraver: L. Plañiol. (Vives 483). Good Very Fine.
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ALFONSO XII. (1874-1885). Universal Exhibition of Paris. (Ae. 62.39g / 50mm). 1878. Extremely Fine. Scratch.
This third Universal Fair, whose theme revolves around Agriculture, Arts and Industry, was held between May and November 1878 on both banks of the Seine. Spain focused its participation in exhibitions of both archeology and anthropology and not by chance; the last years of the XIX and the first of the XX were the years of historicism, a current that in its sculptural and architectural aspect sought to recover styles from the past, imitating them but endowing them with some new contemporary characteristic. The classical Greek temple, represented in this medal, together with the naked torso, the female figures, or the columns of Hercules are a faithful reflection of the moment in which we find ourselves.
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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 XII (1874-1885). II Centenary of D. Pedro Calderón de la Barca. (Ae. 120.10 / 60mm). May 25, 1881. Engraver: J. Esteban Lozano. (Vives 1916). Good Very Fine.
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ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). II Centenary of D. Pedro Calderón de la Barca. (Ae. 118.19 / 60mm). May 25, 1881. Engraver: J. Esteban Lozano. (Vives 1916). Good Very Fine.
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ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). 1st Pedagogical Exhibition. The Promotion of Art (Ae. 34.65g / 42mm). 1882. Madrid. Engraver: Gregorio Sellán. (Vives does not quote). Almost Extremely Fine. Tapping.
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ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). Balaguer Library. Villanueva and Geltrú. (Ae. 58.40g / 50mm). 1884. Extremely Fine. Tap on the edge.
Work of the architect Jeroni Granell, the library was built between 1882 and 1884 with the intention of being a place of multidisciplinary learning, open and without exclusion to any type of citizen. It is therefore the clearest and probably the first example of a Catalan public library. Among its first collections, it is worth highlighting a good number of contributions made by the founder himself, Víctor Balaguer, a distinguished Spanish writer, journalist and politician and one of the leading figures of the so-called \u201cRenaixenca\u201d.
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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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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Visit of the Regent Queen María Cristina to the National Currency and Stamp Factory. (Gilded bronze. 70.43g / 50mm). February 12, 1894. Madrid. Engraver: Bartolmé Maura. Legend in seven lines. (RAH-735 metal variant). Good Extremely Fine.
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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.
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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Barcelona Municipal Public School of Music. Merit Award. (Ae. 42.35 / 43mm). 1894-1895. Barcelona. Extremely Fine.
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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Visit of Alfonso XII to the National Currency and Stamp Factory. (Ae. 57.45g / 50mm). Ormolu. February 1, 1904. Madrid. Engraver: Bartolomé Maura. (Vives 606 metal variant). Almost Uncirculated. Iridescent patina. Strange.
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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). Visit of ALFONSO XII to the National Currency and Stamp Factory. (Ae. 53.79g / 50mm). February 1, 1904. Madrid. Engraver: B. Maura. (Vives 607). Almost Uncirculated. Tap on the edge.
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