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200 Reales de Vellón Banco de Cádiz
| Issuer | Banco de Cádiz |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a seated male figure, likely Hercules, flanked by two lions, set between ornate guilloche panels bearing the denomination cartouches 'SON 200 Rs. Von.' at left and right. The bank title 'BANCO DE CADIZ' appears in bold letterpress at the top, with 'BANCO DE CADIZ' also printed vertically in the left border. The lower half carries the bearer clause in a mixed italic and roman letterpress script, accompanied by three manuscript signatures below, with handwritten date and place of issue. |
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| Reverse description | Largely plain paper reverse with a light blue-grey guilloche underprint visible across the entire surface. A circular ink cancellation stamp reading 'BANCO DE CADIZ' with the word 'LIQUIDADA' is applied at centre, accompanied by a manuscript paraph. |
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The Banco de Cádiz was one of Spain's provincial emission banks authorized under the 1856 banking law, which briefly allowed regional institutions to issue their own notes before the Banco de España consolidated that privilege nationally in 1874. Cádiz, as a major Atlantic port, had genuine commercial need for paper instruments, but these provincial notes circulated only within narrow geographic limits and were rarely trusted far from the issuing branch.
Survivors are scarce. The 1874 absorption forced redemption and destruction of outstanding provincial issues, and Cádiz's overall volume was modest even by the standards of the smaller emission banks.