Subdivision
The peseta was subdivided into 100 céntimos or, informally, 4 reales. The last coin of any value under one peseta was a 50 centimo coin in 1980, made to celebrate that Spain would host the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The last 25 centimos coin (or real) was dated 1959, the ten centimos also dated 1959; both coins bearing the portrait of Franco. The 1 centimo coin was last minted in 1913 and featured King Alfonso XIII. The half-centimo was last minted in 1868 and featured Queen Isabel II.
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