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400 Escudos replica
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Printer | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain |
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| Reverse description | Largely plain cream field with a single central ornamental cartouche in intaglio, enclosing the denomination text in bold letterpress. A vertical guilloche border with the printer's mark and denomination numeral 400 runs along the right edge. |
| Reverse lettering | ESCUDOS 400 ESCUDOS Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Translation: ESCUDOS 400 ESCUDOS (On the right) Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) |
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The Banco de España never actually issued a 400 Escudos note in 1873. By that point, Spain had already begun transitioning away from the escudo toward the peseta — the peseta was formally established as the national monetary unit in 1868, making a genuine 1873 escudo-denominated issue from the Banco de España an anachronism. This replica likely draws on surviving design elements from the brief escudo period, but its status as a modern reproduction should be understood rather than assumed from condition alone.