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200 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 | Light blue note with an ornate letterpress border of guilloche rosettes and interlaced scrollwork framing the entire face. At centre top, a crowned Spanish royal coat of arms flanked by elaborate calligraphic flourishes bearing the bank title; below, the denomination value DOSCIENTOS is set within a pointed oval cartouche against a repeated underprint legend. The lower portion carries the issue text in italic script, the place and date, four signature lines with manuscript autographs, and the series designation in an oval lozenge at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE ZARAGOZA DOSCIENTOS El Banco de Zaragoza á la presentacion de este Billete pagará al portador DOSCIENTOS reales vellon en efectivo Zaragoza, 14 de Mayo de 1857 EL COMISARIO REGIO / EL DIRECTOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO Serie B (Translation: Bank of Zaragoza Two Hundred The Bank of Zaragoza upon presentation of this banknote will pay the bearer Two Hundred Reales Vellon in cash Zaragoza, May 14, 1857 The Royal Commissioner / The Director / The Comptroller / The Cashier Series B) |
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The Banco de Zaragoza was one of several provincial Spanish banks authorized under the 1856 banking law, which briefly opened the door to regional note-issuing institutions before the Banco de España consolidated that privilege. This 200 reales de vellón note dates from the early phase of that experiment — the bank itself was liquidated well before the end of the century, and surviving notes from this issue are genuinely uncommon.
The reales de vellón unit was already an anachronism by 1857, Spain having nominally moved toward decimal currency. These notes predate the escudo transition of 1864 by seven years.