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100 Pesetas Alhucemas
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the heraldic coat of arms of Peñón de Alhucemas, depicting a crowned shield bearing two crossed rifles and a crescent, supported on either side by outstretched eagle wings with detailed feather engraving. Above the shield, an eagle's head is set against a circular disc. The legend 'PENON DE ALHUCEMAS' arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin capitals against a mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | PENON DE ALHUCEMAS |
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The Alhucemas landing of September 1925 was the first successful amphibious assault in modern warfare to deploy combined air, naval, and ground forces in coordinated fashion — a tactical blueprint later studied extensively in planning the Allied landings of World War II. Spain and France jointly executed the operation to break Abd el-Krim's Rif Republic, effectively ending a revolt that had humiliated both colonial powers since the Spanish disaster at Annual in 1921, where some 8,000 troops were lost in a single campaign.
This commemorative falls within Spain's long-running FNMT-RCM collector series revisiting pivotal national events. Silver-plated copper-nickel rather than solid silver.