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Numismatics
Obverse Description
Obverse Description: ISABEL. 2A. POR LA G. DE DIOS Y LA CON. T / 1868 l. bust young isabella ii with hair tied back and draped dress
Reverse Description
Reverse Description: REINA DE LAS ESPAÑAS / 10 ES. coat of arms center with three stars (fleurs de lis?) on horizontal ground center, tower on vertically striped ground top l. corner and bottom r. corner, rampant lions facing l. in top r. corner and bottom l. corner, garland below with dead fox (?) hanging, open tassled curtain surrounds, imperial crown top
Provenance
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001