25 Pesetas

€326,187.00
IssuerSpain
Year1899
TypeStandard banknote
Value25 Pesetas (25 ESP)
CurrencyPeseta (1868-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size110 × 55 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)Bartolomé Maura Montaner
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#49
Obverse descriptionDark blue print; red serial number. Bust front-facinf of the Spanish writer Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas. Geometric designs on perimeter.
Reverse descriptionReddish brown 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 description`P.25` of 25 Pesetas in the left margin, under the security threads.In the watermark area a profile head.`25` at bottom center.
Obverse lettering25. VEINTICINCO EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR VEINTICINCO PESETAS Madrid 17 de Mayo de 1899 QUEVEDO EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO BANCO de ESPAÑA
(Translation: Twenty-Five The Bank of Spain Will pay the bearer Twenty-Five Pesetas Madrid, May 17, 1899 The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier Bank of Spain)
Reverse letteringBANCO de ESPAÑA 25 PESETAS VEINTICINCO
(Translation: Bank of Spain 25 Pesetas Twenty-Five)
Variants
Catalog ID7051452650
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