10 Pesos Banco de Santander

Banco de Santander was one of the regional Spanish emission banks established under the 1856 banking law, which briefly allowed provincial institutions to issue their own notes before the Banco de España consolidated that privilege in 1874. This note's survival into a date range stretching to 1900 is curious — by law, private bank emission rights had already been extinguished, and outstanding notes were being withdrawn. Late dates on this series likely reflect residual redemption copies or notes held rather than actively circulated.

Perkins, Bacon & Petch had supplied engraved plates to Spanish provincial banks throughout this period, often reusing compositional elements across multiple clients.