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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a seated classical female allegory at left, with an oval intaglio bust portrait of Christopher Columbus at upper centre. Denomination in large guilloche numerals and cursive script at centre; decorative floral underprint in green and multicolour. Three manuscript signatures below the date line. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ESPAÑA CIEN PESETAS Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Translation: BANK OF SPAIN ONE HUNDRED PESETAS (On the right) Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) |
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Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company printed several Banco de España series in this period, and P-59 is among the more cleanly engraved of their Spanish commissions. The word "replica" in modern catalog usage typically signals a period facsimile or philatelic reproduction rather than a circulating note — buyers should confirm whether their example carries any overprint, perforation, or paper marking that distinguishes it from a genuine issued specimen.
The 1907 date places this at the tail end of the Restoration-era banking period, before the structural reforms that followed the 1921 Ley de Ordenación Bancaria.