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1000 Reales de Vellón Banco de Zaragoza
| Issuer | Banco de Zaragoza |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Currency | Real (decimalized, 1848-1873) |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion of the obverse is dominated by the crowned Royal Arms of Spain set within an elaborate scrollwork vignette, flanked by the bank title "BANCO DE ZARAGOZA" in ornate calligraphic lettering across two symmetrical cartouches. Below, a horizontal guilloche band with repeated "MIL" underprint separates the arms from the body of the note, which carries the bearer promise text in italic script above four manuscript signature lines assigned to the Comisario Regio, Director, Interventor, and Cajero. The note is further framed by an intricate engine-turned border, with serial number panels at left and right and "Serie D" indicated in a decorative cartouche at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 / MIL / 1000 (Translation: 1000 / One Thousand / 1000) |
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The Banco de Zaragoza was one of several provincial Spanish banks authorized under the 1856 banking law, which briefly opened note-issuing privileges beyond the Banco de España. That experiment ended in 1874 when the Restoration government forcibly consolidated all circulation rights under Madrid. Provincial notes like this one were called in and destroyed in quantity, which is why survivors across the entire 1856-era provincial series are genuinely uncommon.
No confirmed print run figures for this issue have entered the scholarly record. The 1000 Reales de Vellón denomination — reales being obsolete within a decade, replaced by the peseta in 1868 — gives this note an unusually short window of legitimate monetary relevance.