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5 Pesos Fuertes Banco de Barcelona
| Uitgever | Banco de Barcelona |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1868 |
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| Waarde | 5 Pesos Fuertes (100) |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The face presents two oval allegorical vignettes flanking the central text panel: at left, a crowned female figure leaning on a shield bearing the arms of Spain and its constituent kingdoms, holding a staff; at right, a crowned female figure with a caduceus alongside the heraldic shield of Barcelona. The central panel carries the denomination and issuing bank details in letterpress, with the overall composition enclosed within a decorative border. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is essentially blank, showing only a faint show-through impression of the obverse printing visible through the paper, with the mirror-image text of BANCO DE BARCELONA legible at the top through the sheet. |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banco de Barcelona, founded in 1844, was the first bank of issue established in Spain outside Madrid — a distinction that carried real commercial weight during the mid-nineteenth century when Catalan industrial capital was actively resisting Castilian financial dominance. This note dates to a turbulent moment: 1868 was the year of the Glorious Revolution, which toppled Isabella II in September and sent the country into nearly a decade of constitutional instability.
The "Pesos Fuertes" denomination is worth noting — Spain had not yet adopted the peseta, which wouldn't be introduced until 1869. This issue therefore belongs to the final months of the old monetary order.