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4000 Reales de Vellón Banco de España
| Uitgever | Banco de España |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1862 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in black on a blue and light brown underprint; black serial number appears in the upper portion. A central oval vignette at the top presents an allegorical female figure wearing a helmet, reclining against the Royal coat of arms of Spain, holding a spear with a lion at her feet. The remainder of the face is filled with intricate geometric guilloche patterns and typography. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Note: The example recorded in the image is a contemporary counterfeit of the period, not an original issued note. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banco de España's 1862 emission belongs to a period when the institution was consolidating its monopoly over Spanish note issue following the Bank Law of 1856. The 4000 Reales denomination — nominally equivalent to 40 Duros — was a high-value instrument, effectively outside everyday commercial use and aimed at merchant and treasury settlement.
Reales de vellón as a unit were already anachronistic by 1862; Spain would formally adopt the Peseta system in 1868. Notes denominated in a currency soon to be abolished were subject to mandatory conversion, and surviving examples from this series are scarce partly because redemption was thorough.