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2000 Reales de Vellón Banco de Cádiz
| Issuer | Banco de Cádiz |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Value | 2000 Reales Vellon |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows Hercules standing between two classical columns, flanked by lions, engraved in intaglio style. Two oval guilloche panels at upper left and right each bear the denomination numeral '2000' with the abbreviation 'Rs. Vn.' Two serial number panels reading 'Nº' appear below the denomination ovals. The lower half carries a large underprint numeral '2000' in pale ink beneath the main promise-to-pay text, with four signature lines for El Comisario Regio, El Director, El Interventor, and El Cajero. The bank title 'BANCO DE CADIZ.' runs across the top in bold letterpress. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE CADIZ EN LIQUIDACION Banco de España |
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The Banco de Cádiz was one of Spain's provincial emission banks established under the 1856 banking law, which briefly allowed regional institutions to issue their own notes before the Banco de España absorbed that privilege in 1874. Cádiz, as a major Atlantic port, had genuine commercial demand for high-denomination paper — 2000 reales de vellón was a substantial sum, roughly equivalent to several months' wages for a working tradesman.
Provincial Spanish notes of this period are scarce survivors. Many were redeemed or demonetized during the consolidation that followed the 1874 decree, and the Banco de Cádiz itself did not outlast that reform.