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

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 gr. - 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.