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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Size | 173 × 82 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper with black serial number. To the left, a forward-facing portrait vignette of the Spanish Renaissance poet Garcilaso de la Vega; to the right, an allegorical female portrait in profile facing left. The composition is framed by intricate guilloche and geometric lathe-work borders. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet, blue, and red on white paper. A large central oval guilloche medallion bears the bold numeral "100" in red, surrounded by a columned architectural vignette and micro-text, framed by a horizontal band reading "PESETAS" on both sides. The word "CIEN" appears diagonally at each corner within a symmetrical lattice of guilloche rosettes and floral geometric underprint patterns, with circular lathe-work rosettes at the far left and right margins. |
| Reverse lettering | SERIE de 100 PESETAS CIEN PESETAS (Translation: Series of 100 Pesetas. One Hundred Pesetas.) |
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