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Puerto Rico Coin, Provincial Coinage Under Spain Reign Official Currency

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Description

From the time of Puerto Rico was discovered in 1493, to 1899, when the US exchanged the Puerto Rican "peso" to the dollar, the coins of many countries circulated freely in the island. During the colonization of Puerto Rico, the money that was used in Puerto Rico, was that of Spain. The provincial currency (silver) minted in the Casa de Moneda de Madrid for Puerto Rico were in the denominations of 1 peso, 40 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents and 5 cents. These five denominations had a common design, with the figure of King Alfonso XIII (1886 - 1931) boy in the obverse and in the reverse the shield of Spain, with the Royal crown between the two columns of Hercules and the Puerto Rico inscription.

5 items

	1896 5 Centavos. Madrid, Spain, 1896. Silver. Diameter 17mm, 1.25 grams. Engraver B.M. -Bartolome Maura y Montaner, Assayers P.G. - Felix Miguel Peiro Rodrigo & V. - Remigio Vega Vega. Coin turn. PGCS MS64 (#24746792). Mintage - 600,006. Provenance: Edoardo Grande
	1896 10 Centavos. Madrid, Spain, 1896. Silver. Diameter 18mm, 2.5 grams. Engraver B.M. -Bartolome Maura y Montaner, Assayers P.G. - Felix Miguel Peiro Rodrigo & V. - Remigio Vega Vega. ANACS MS62 (#575835), Blue Toning. Mintage - 700,006. Provenance: Edoardo Grande
	1895 20 Centavos. Madrid, Spain, 1895. Silver. Diameter 23.0mm, 5.0 grams. Engraver B.M. -Bartolome Maura y Montaner, Assayers P.G. - Felix Miguel Peiro Rodrigo & V. - Remigio Vega Vega. NGC MS61 (#1663187-002). Mintage - 3,350,006. Provenance: Edoardo Grande
	1896 40 Centavos. Madrid, Spain, 1896. Silver. Diameter 27.0mm, 10.0 grams. Engraver B.M. -Bartolome Maura y Montaner, Assayers P.G. - Felix Miguel Peiro Rodrigo & V. - Remigio Vega Vega. PGCS AU53 (#50184437). Mintage - 725,022. Provenance: Edoardo Grande
	1895 1 Peso . Madrid, Spain, 1895. Silver, 900 Fine. Diameter 37.00mm, 25.0 grams. Engraver B.M. -Bartolome Maura y Montaner, Assayers P.G. - Felix Miguel Peiro Rodrigo & V. - Remigio Vega Vega. PGCS AU55 (#21461725). Mintage - 8,500,021, edge marked with (27) Flor D' Liz symbols, 3 groups of 9. Provenance: Edoardo Grande