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PHILIP II (1555-1598). Duchy. (Au. 3.35g/23mm). 1590 (ca.). Champion. (Vincenti 7). C and point between the busts of the Catholic Monarchs. Good Very Fine. Beautiful tone. Strange. This type of pieces, which face the busts of Ferdinand and Isabella, are known as two-sided and we find them minted during the reign of Philip II with the legend alluding to the Catholic Monarchs themselves, as is the case, or to Philip himself. (PHS R. HISP). Novelized by Cervantes himself, in his work La Gitanilla we can read: "Here I have a doubloon with two faces that none of them are like yours, although they are from kings."
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