1857 Spain Queen Isabella II Antique Silver 2 Reales Coin - Collectible Old Currency for History Buffs & Numismatists | Perfect for Coin Collections, Historical Displays & Gift Giving

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1857 SPAIN Queen ISABELLA II Antique OLD Silver 2 Reales Spanish Coin i101535 i101535Authentic Coin of: Spain under Isabella II - Queen: 29 September 1833 30 September 1861857 Silver 2 Reales 18mm (2.30 grams) 0.812 Silver (0.1767 ASW)Reference: KM# 607 (1857-64)ISABEL 2A POR LA G DE DIOS Y LA CONST., Isabel II head facing right.REINA DE LAS ESPAAS 2 Rs, Crowned Arms.You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. Isabella II (Spanish: Isabel; 10 October 1830 - 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until 1868. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, whose refusal to recognize a female sovereign led to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and formally abdicated in 1870. Her son, Alfonso XII, became king in 1874. Birth and regencyIsabella was born in Madrid in 1830, the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, and of his fourth wife and niece, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. Queen Maria Christina became regent on 29 September 1833, when her three-year-old daughter Isabella was proclaimed sovereign on the death of the king. Isabella succeeded to the throne because Ferdinand VII had induced the Cortes Generales to help him set aside the Salic law, introduced by the Bourbons in the early 18th century, and to reestablish the older succession law of Spain. The first pretender to the throne, Ferdinand's brother Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, fought seven years during the minority of Isabella to dispute her title. Carlos' and his descend