1572 | Centenary of the Peseta

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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). 1 Peseta. (Ar. 5.00g /23mm)*. 1900. Catalan Union. Vallmitjana Workshops. (Cal-2019-134). Encapsulated by NN Coins AU 58. * Theoretical weight and measurements.

The Catalan regionalist proposals have their origin in the discontent of certain sectors of society with the Constitution of 1876. All these currents managed to be channeled in 1891 in the so-called Catalan Union, an amalgam of associations and entities, sometimes of disparate ideology, that It never crystallized into a political party itself, although they made a somewhat belated attempt to run in the 1903 elections, when they were already a movement with hardly any echo in Catalan politics. Even so, it was not until the outbreak of the Civil War that its disappearance was certified. In order to raise funds and also with a certain commemorative nature, the decision was made in 1900 to mint medals with clear modernist influences that, given their similarities in module, metal and weight with contemporary coins, ended up being used as such. in small circles close to these associations, acquiring from now on a sense of currency for which they were not really minted.