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1896 Puerto Rico 5 centavos.

Obverse: Face value at center, name of country as curved legend on top and sides near edge, date below. Line of pearls touching rim.
Lettering: 
ISLA DE PUERTO RICO
5
CENTAVOS
★ 1896 ★

Engraver: Bartolomé Maura Montaner

Reverse: Spanish crowned arms between Pillars of Hercules. 
Below, mint officials capitals on sides, engraver capitals on center.

Lettering: 
PLUS ULTRA
P•G• B•M• •V•

Engraver: Bartolomé Maura Montaner

Edge
Reeded

Comments
The coins of 1895/1896 were minted at the Casa de Moneda de Madrid  (Spain) under Alfonso XIII (Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena). At this date Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony, so coins were minted on the style of the colonial currency. Only 5 coin types were minted for Puerto Rico, as United States took control of the island on 1898, after the Spanish-American war.

Motto "Plus Ultra" (sometimes written as "Plus Vltra", also) is Latin Further Beyond. It is placed on a ribbon across Hercules Pillars. The symbolism is those pillars represent the strait of Gibraltar, considered the end of known world in antique times, the legend was like a warning that beyond this point nothing was known.

Mintage of 600,000 one year type.

Special thanks to Numismata website for the details.

AU/Unc, possibly old cleaning that has since retoned nicely.

1896 Puerto Rico 5 centavos.

$74.99Price
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