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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jj00, post: 1898239, member: 47072&quot;]I had posted an 1875 Spain 5 Centimos, Carlos VII (the pretender) several weeks back, below is the 5’s bigger brother.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some background:</p><p><br /></p><p>The King of Spain, Ferdinand VII, removed the Salic law requiring his successor be the nearest male relative, which then allowed his daughter to succeed him (Isabella II) after his death in 1833. </p><p>His nearest male relative, his brother Carlos V, proclaimed himself King Charles V, the first claimant king of Spanish Carlism.</p><p>Carlos V’s grandson, Carlos VII (Charles VII) was the Carlist claimant to the throne of Spain.&nbsp; He led the Third Carlist war which began when Amadeo I of Savoy was crowned the King of Spain.</p><p>Some information on the Third Carlist War should you be interested:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Carlist_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Carlist_War" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Carlist_War</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the coins......</p><p><br /></p><p>Carlos VII had some coins issued during this time now referred to as pretender coinage. </p><p>The 5 Centimos and the 10 Centimos coins are both one-year types of 1875, made of copper, the 5 Centimos had a mintage of 50,000 and the 10 Centimos had a mintage of 100,000.</p><p>There is also a silver 50 Centimos coin, minted 1876, 5 Pesetas minted in 1874 &amp; 1875 in silver or bronze and a proof 1885 silver 5 Pesetas.</p><p>If you&#039;re intersted in seeing the others, you can see them on numismaster.com under Unusual Sources, Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>1875 Spain 10 Centimos, Carlos VII (the pretender)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324199[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]324200[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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