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400 Escudos replica
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | CUATROCIENTOS ESCUDOS EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA pagará al portador CUATROCIENTOS escudos en efectivo. Madrid 1º de Octubre de 1868. EL GOBERNADOR POR LA INTERVENCIÓN POR LA CAJA Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Translation: FOUR HUNDRED ESCUDOS THE BANK OF SPAIN will pay the carrier FOUR HUNDRED escudos in cash. Madrid October 1, 1868. THE GOVERNOR FOR THE INTERVENTION FOR THE CASH (On the left) Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) |
| Reverse description | Predominantly uniface rose-pink guilloche underprint with an elaborate lathe-work border enclosing four corner numerals '400'. A large central medallion in concentric guilloche carries the denomination '400' in Gothic numerals, surrounded by a circular legend repeating '400 ESCUDOS'. The printer's mark appears on the right vertical tab. |
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The Banco de España issued escudo-denominated notes only during the brief window between the monetary reform of 1864 and Spain's adoption of the peseta system in 1868 — so a 400 escudos note sits at the very end of that short-lived denomination series. The designation "replica" here is significant: the FNMT has periodically produced official facsimiles of historic Spanish notes for archival, educational, and commemorative purposes, meaning this was never intended as a circulating instrument.
The original 1868 issue coincided with the Glorious Revolution that overthrew Isabel II in September of that year, a political rupture that accelerated the peseta's introduction under the provisional government.