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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Value | 1000 Pesetas 1000 ESP = GBP 5.19 |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR MIL PESETAS MADRID 31 de Diciembre de 1951 EL GOBERNADOR EL INTERVENTOR EL CAJERO REPRODUCCIÓN AUTORIZADA (Translation: THE BANK OF SPAIN WILL PAY THE BEARER ONE THOUSAND PESETAS MADRID December 31, 1951 THE GOVERNOR (signature) THE AUDITOR (signature) THE CASHIER (signature) AUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ESPAÑA MIL PESETAS LA FIESTA DEL NARANJO REPRODUCCIÓN AUTORIZADA (Translation: BANK OF SPAIN ONE THOUSAND PESETAS THE ORANGE TREE FESTIVAL AUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION) |
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The 1951 series was one of the last large-format Spanish issues before the Banco de España began reducing note dimensions in the late 1950s. This particular denomination bore the date 31 de diciembre de 1951 and was produced entirely by the FNMT — Spain had maintained domestic printing capacity throughout the Franco period, largely for reasons of political self-sufficiency rather than economic necessity.
This example is a replica. Collector reproductions of P#143 circulate fairly freely; the originals are not especially rare, so a replica here adds nothing in scarcity terms and should be valued accordingly — which is to say, minimally.