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200 Pesos Fuertes Banco de Barcelona
| Uitgever | Banco de Barcelona |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1868 |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 200 BANCO DE BARCELONA Pagaderos a la vista al portador DOSCIENTOS pesos fuertes Barcelona, ... de ... de 18... (Translation: Bank of Barcelona Payable at sight to bearer Two Hundred Pesos Fuertes) |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | DOSCIENTOS SERIE F No. |
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The Banco de Barcelona was Spain's first joint-stock commercial bank, founded in 1844, and by 1868 it was operating under increasing strain — the Glorious Revolution of September that year toppled Isabella II and threw the country's entire monetary framework into question. Notes already in circulation faced public distrust almost overnight.
At the 200 Pesos Fuertes denomination, this is a high-value instrument from that institution. The peso fuerte had been Spain's principal accounting unit for large commercial transactions, but the Revolution triggered a currency reform that would ultimately replace it with the peseta by 1868–69 — making late-issue notes like this one transitional objects, caught between two monetary systems.
The bank survived the revolution but was liquidated in 1920 following a catastrophic credit collapse tied to post-WWI speculation in Catalonia.