Amédée I (1870-1873). 100 pesetas, struck in yellow gold, raised edge JUSTICIA Y LIBERTAD 1871, M, Madrid.

SPAIN Amadeo I (1870-1873). 100 pesetas, yellow gold strike, raised lettered edge JUSTICIA Y LIBERTAD 1871, M, Madrid.
Obv. AMEDEO I REY DE ESPANA. Head facing right with signature L. M. on the edge of the neck; below *(date)*.
Rev. LEY 900 MILLESIMAS 31 PIEZAS EN KILOG. / (different) 100 PESETAS (mint). Oval coat of arms surrounded by the Golden Fleece’s collar and set on a crowned mantle.
Aureo & Calicó.11 - Cayon 17455 (25 examples) - Fr.340; Gold - 33.57g - 35 mm - 6 h.
Original strike in yellow gold : very rare ! Small handling marks and hairlines in the fields. Tiny notches on the rims. Beautiful color, with reliefs barely satiny.

The 100 pesetas coin is the first to bear the modern denomination of “pesetas”, after centuries of striking 8 escudos and its divisions. Two dates are visible on the coin : in large numbers is the type approval date and in small numbers, in the stars surrounding the large date, the date of minting. A royal decree, in January 1871, specified the legend of the edge : Justice and Liberty. The Amadeo’s 100 pesetas was struck according to the decree of the Treasury Department of August 22th 1871, and started with only a dozen original examples in yellow gold, of which six to eight examples would be known today.