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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Size | 185 x 93 mm |
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| Obverse description | Left vignette bears a portrait of Francisco de Goya; to the right, an allegorical female figure writing at a table, accompanied by a child and a rooster. Ornate guilloche border frames the note, with denomination numerals at corners and issuer title across the top. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette shows two allegorical figures — a draped female at left and a male figure at right — flanking a large oval cartouche inscribed with the denomination. Artistic implements and produce are scattered at the base, all rendered in warm brown intaglio on a fine guilloche ground. |
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The Pick 963 designation covers a replica — not a period original — of the Banco de España's 1889 100 Pesetas note, produced by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, the same Madrid institution responsible for official Spanish currency printing. Replicas of this era are sometimes encountered in collections as commemorative or archival reproductions rather than circulating currency, and their catalog status can cause confusion when sellers treat them as original issues.
The 1889 original predates the peseta's consolidation under the Restoration monarchy monetary reforms and belongs to a period when the Banco de España still held regional branch-issue authority.