"Duro alicantino". Vintage counterfeit of five Alfonso XII pesetas. Year 1875.

Contemporary age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Alfonso XII.
Mint: Not specified.
Date: Year 1875.
Obverse:
Head of Alfonso XII on the left. Caption: ALFONSO XII KING OF SPAIN 1875.

Reverse:
Crowned shield of Spain, between the columns of Hercules. Legend: LEY 900 MILESIMAS - 40 PIECES IN KILOG 5 PESETAS. Marks of assayer and judge of scales: D E and M.

Weight: 21.33 g - Diameter: 37 mm - Axes: 6 h.
Described in: Copy of Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 668, type 5, no. 24.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ibáñez Sarrió, C., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Moderna y contemporánea", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 169.
Monetary Inventory Number: 6610.
Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection