25 Pesetas

€326,158.00
IssuerSpain
Year1893
TypeStandard banknote
Value25 Pesetas (25 ESP)
CurrencyPeseta (1868-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size110 × 70 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBank of Spain Workshop, Madrid, Spain
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)Bartolomé Maura Montaner
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#42
Obverse descriptionDark blue print; red serial number. Bust facing right of the Spanish neoclassical statesman Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos. Floral designs on perimeter.
Reverse descriptionBrown print. Helmeted portrait of the Goddess Athena facinf left on center. Full-length figure of God Mercury with caduceus to the right. Geometric designs.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionLeft profile of the head of Apollo.Number “25” Corresponding to the value in the lower center areaIn the margin under the security threads, the letters and numbers `B 25 E` of the Bank of Spain and the value of the note.
Obverse lettering25. VEINTICINCO EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR VEINTICINCO PESETAS JOVELLANOS Madrid 24 de Julio de 1893 EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO BANCO de ESPAÑA
(Translation: Twenty-Five The Bank of Spain Will pay the bearer Twenty-Five Pesetas Madrid, July 24, 1893 The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier Bank of Spain)
Reverse letteringBANCO de ESPAÑA 25 PESETAS
(Translation: Bank of Spain 25 Pesetas)
Variants
Catalog ID1596126050
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