{"product_id":"caribbean-p-47-1-peso-1896-vf-small-note","title":"Caribbean P-47 1 peso 1896 VF Very Fine small note—Queen Regent María Cristina","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou will receive a banknote of the design indicated in estimated Very Fine condition.\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFront\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eRoyal Spanish crown \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eCoat of arms of the island's capital\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eSpanish coats of arms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eTwo globes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eCaduceus with ruler and compass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eCornucopia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan\u003eQueen Regent Maria Cristina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: 94 x 45 mm (3.70 × 1.77 inches)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter\u003c\/strong\u003e: American Bank Note Company\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQueen Regent Maria Cristina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"399\" data-start=\"207\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"273\" data-start=\"207\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"273\" data-start=\"209\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"218\" data-start=\"209\"\u003eBorn:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21 July 1858, Moravia (then Austro-Hungarian Empire)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"311\" data-start=\"274\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"311\" data-start=\"276\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"285\" data-start=\"276\"\u003eDied:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 February 1929, Madrid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"399\" data-start=\"312\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"399\" data-start=\"314\"\u003eAn Austrian archduchess who married \u003cstrong data-end=\"391\" data-start=\"350\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eAlfonso XII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1879\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"603\" data-start=\"401\"\u003eWhen Alfonso XII died in 1885, Maria Cristina was \u003cstrong data-end=\"463\" data-start=\"451\"\u003epregnant\u003c\/strong\u003e. Months later she gave birth to \u003cstrong data-end=\"537\" data-start=\"496\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eAlfonso XIII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, who became king \u003cstrong data-end=\"569\" data-start=\"555\"\u003efrom birth\u003c\/strong\u003e—with his mother ruling as regent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"748\" data-start=\"637\"\u003eShe governed Spain for \u003cstrong data-end=\"672\" data-start=\"660\"\u003e17 years\u003c\/strong\u003e, 1885 through 1902, an unusually long regency, and did so with restraint rather than ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1004\" data-start=\"764\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"800\" data-start=\"764\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"800\" data-start=\"766\"\u003eStrict \u003cstrong data-end=\"800\" data-start=\"773\"\u003econstitutional monarchy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"854\" data-start=\"801\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"854\" data-start=\"803\"\u003eCareful neutrality between rival political factions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"945\" data-start=\"855\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"945\" data-start=\"857\"\u003eRelied on the \u003cstrong data-end=\"889\" data-start=\"871\"\u003eturno pacífico\u003c\/strong\u003e system (alternation between Liberals and Conservatives)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1004\" data-start=\"946\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1004\" data-start=\"948\"\u003eMaintained dynastic stability despite mounting pressures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1112\" data-start=\"1006\"\u003eShe was widely described as \u003cstrong data-end=\"1080\" data-start=\"1034\"\u003eaustere, dutiful, and emotionally reserved\u003c\/strong\u003e—almost monastic in temperament. Her regency culminated in Spain’s imperial collapse:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1344\" data-start=\"1210\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1241\" data-start=\"1210\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1241\" data-start=\"1212\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1241\" data-start=\"1212\"\u003e1898 Spanish–American War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1294\" data-start=\"1242\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1294\" data-start=\"1244\"\u003eLoss of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1294\" data-start=\"1252\"\u003eCuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1344\" data-start=\"1295\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1344\" data-start=\"1297\"\u003eProfound national trauma (“El Desastre del 98”)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1409\" data-start=\"1346\"\u003eThough not personally blamed, her reign became associated with:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1512\" data-start=\"1410\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1431\" data-start=\"1410\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1431\" data-start=\"1412\"\u003eimperial exhaustion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1450\" data-start=\"1432\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1450\" data-start=\"1434\"\u003eelite stagnation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1512\" data-start=\"1451\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1512\" data-start=\"1453\"\u003ethe moral reckoning that reshaped Spanish intellectual life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1611\" data-start=\"1543\"\u003eMaria Cristina is not remembered as a reformer or visionary, but as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1750\" data-start=\"1612\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1642\" data-start=\"1612\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1642\" data-start=\"1614\"\u003ea \u003cstrong data-end=\"1642\" data-start=\"1616\"\u003eguardian of continuity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1698\" data-start=\"1643\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1698\" data-start=\"1645\"\u003ea stabilizing figure who \u003cstrong data-end=\"1698\" data-start=\"1670\"\u003eheld the throne together\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1750\" data-start=\"1699\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1750\" data-start=\"1701\"\u003ethe embodiment of late-19th-century dynastic duty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1827\" data-start=\"1752\"\u003eWithout her steadiness, Alfonso XIII’s reign might never have begun at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2011\" data-start=\"1853\"\u003eMaria Cristina of Austria was \u003cstrong data-end=\"1942\" data-start=\"1883\"\u003ethe quiet hinge between imperial Spain and modern Spain\u003c\/strong\u003e—not shaping history so much as ensuring it didn’t fracture outright.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default 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