Forty cents escudo

Date: Year 1865.

Obverse:

Laureate head of Isabella II on the right. Legend: ISABEL 2ª BY THE G. OF GOD AND THE CONST. 1865.

Reverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon and Granada and in the centre escutcheon of the house of Bourbon. Legend: QUEEN OF SPAIN 40 CENTS OF SHIELD.

Weight: 5.02 gr. - Diameter: 23 mm. - Axes: 12 h.

Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 625, type 76, no. 326.

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. 168.

Monetary Inventory Number: 6605.

Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection.