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100 Pesetas
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Value | 100 Pesetas (100 ESP) |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 C EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA pagará al portador CIEN PESETAS MON Madrid 1º. de Julio de 1884 EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO (Translation: The Bank of Spain will pay the bearer One Hundred Pesetas Madrid, July 1, 1884 The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier) |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 PESETAS |
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The Banco de España began operating its own in-house printing workshop in the early 1880s, and this 1884 issue was among the first products of that operation — a deliberate move to bring note production under direct institutional control rather than relying on outside contractors. The decision was partly financial, partly political, reflecting the bank's growing ambition to consolidate its monopoly on note issue following the 1874 decree that had granted it exclusive privilege.
Watermarking was the sole mechanical security feature at this stage. Counterfeiting of Spanish notes during the Restoration period was a persistent problem, and the workshop's early output was not universally regarded as an improvement over earlier foreign-printed issues.