1000 Pesetas

€203,228.00
IssuerSpain
Year1992
TypeStandard banknote
Value1000 Pesetas (1000 ESP)
CurrencyPeseta (1868-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size130 × 65 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterFábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)Obverse: Reinhold Gerstetter, Juan Carlos Heras
Reverse: Reinhold Gerstetter, Alfredo Adán
In circulation to1 January 2002
Reference(s) P#163
Obverse descriptionPortrait of Hernán Cortés, a Spanish conqueror who defeated the Aztec empire between 1519 and 1521. Aztec design in the background.
Reverse descriptionPortrait of Francisco Pizarro, a conquistador who defeated the Inca empire between 1532 and 1572, and became the governor of the colony of Nueva Castilla (New Castille), in modern day Peru. Spanish coat of arms on the left. Conqueror helmet and sword in the top right corner.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionPortrait of Martín Alonso Pinzón over electrotype `500`, where the two zeroes are shaped like world globes and under a crown.
Obverse lettering1000 / 1000 BANCO DE ESPAÑA MIL PESETAS MADRID 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 1992 EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of Luis Ángel Rojo Duque, Esteban Róspide Echeto and Jesús Urdiola Salvador)
(Translation: Bank of Spain One Thousand Pesetas Madrid Octobre 12, 1992 The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of Luis Ángel Rojo Duque, Esteban Róspide Echeto and Jesús Urdiola Salvador))
Reverse lettering1000/ 1000 BANCO DE ESPAÑA MIL PESETAS
(Translation: Bank of Spain. One thousand Pesetas.)
Variants
Catalog ID3526191870
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