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4000 Reales de Vellón Banco de La Coruña
| Issuer | Banco de La Coruña |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Value | 4000 Reales Vellon |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a coastal tower rendered as a lighthouse, flanked by three sailing vessels at sea, executed in a fine engraved style. The denomination '4000 r/s' appears in two guilloche-bordered roundels to either side of the central vignette, with the bank title in letterpress across the upper register. Detachable matrix stubs are present along the upper and left edges. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE LA CORUÑA El Banco de la Coruña pagará al portador Cuatro Mil reales vellon en efectivo 4000 r/s CORUÑA 4000 r/s CORUÑA ... DE ... DE 18... EL COMISARIO REGIO / EL DIRECTOR / EL VICEPRESIDENTE / EL CAJERO (Translation: Bank of A Coruña The Banco de la Coruña will pay the bearer Four Thousand reales vellon in cash 4000 r/s Coruña 4000 r/s Coruña... of... of 18... The Royal Commissioner / The Director / The Vice President / The Cashier) |
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The Banco de La Coruña was one of Spain's short-lived provincial banks authorized under the 1856 banking law, which briefly opened the door to regional note-issuing institutions before the Banco de España gradually absorbed or displaced most of them over the following two decades. La Coruña's bank had a particularly short operational window, making surviving notes from the series genuinely rare rather than simply scarce by attrition.
The 4000 reales de vellón denomination is the highest in the issue — a significant sum at the time, effectively limiting this note to wholesale commercial transactions in the Galician port economy.