20 Reales - Isabella II Pattern
Features
| Issuer |
Spain
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Isabella II (1833-1868)
|
| Type | Patterns |
| Year | 1855 |
| Value | 20 Reales |
| Currency | Real (decimalized, 1848-1873) |
| Composition | Tin |
| Weight | 17.45 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 537701 |
| References | Aureo# 601 Áureo & Calicó (publisher); 2019. Numismática Española: Catálogo de todas las monedas emitidas desde los Reyes Católicos hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020 = Spanish Numismatics. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain. |
Obverse
Head with tiara of Queen Isabella II facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ISABEL 2A. POR LA GRACIA DE DIOS Y LA CONST.
· 1855 ·
Translation: Isabel II by the grace of God and the Constitution
Reverse
Crowned coat of arms of Spain with pillars of Hercules.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REINA DE LAS ESPAÑAS
PLUS ULTRA
20. RS.
Translation:
Queen of the Spains
Further beyond
20 Reales
Mint
Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)Comments
Non adopted pattern in silver, designed by Fernández Pescador at the Royal mint of Madrid.
NOTE: From 1851 to 1859, a series of tests were carried out using the same design but different materials. (See the following table from the Aureo & Calicó Catalogue)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1855 | |||||||||||||||
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