2 Centavos - Alfonso XIII Pattern

正面描述	Bare-headed youthful effigy of Alfonso XIII facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed curling hair. The portrait occupies the central field with a small engraver's initial visible below the truncation. The encircling legend reads ALFONSO XIII P. L. G. D. D. REY C. DE ESPAÑA, separated from the toothed border by a raised rim. The date 1894 appears in the lower field, flanked by two five-pointed stars.
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附加信息	The 1894 Philippine pattern series was produced in Madrid under Spanish authority as Alfonso XIII approached his majority — he had been king since birth in 1886 but ruled under his mother María Cristina's regency until 1902. These copper patterns were exploratory strikes, testing designs and specifications for a colonial coinage that the Spanish-American War would ultimately render moot. Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in December 1898, and none of the 1894 pattern types ever reached circulation. Calicó and Cayon references both document this piece, suggesting it passed through major Spanish collection cataloguing. Survivors are institutional or cabinet pieces almost without exception.

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