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50 Pesetas
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Printer | Banco de España Workshop, Madrid, Spain |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on white paper, with the central field occupied by a finely engraved intaglio vignette of a front-facing portrait bust of the Spanish playwright and poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca, his name inscribed beneath. The full title of the issuing authority, the denomination in words — CINCUENTA PESETAS — and the place and date of issue, Madrid, 1 January 1878, are set in formal typography, with ruled spaces provided for the manuscript signatures of the Governor, Comptroller, and Cashier. A black serial number is printed to the field. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in greenish-yellow on white paper, the reverse is composed of two symmetrically placed circular vignettes, each enclosing an intaglio-style allegorical female portrait bust in left-facing profile against a white reserve. The surrounding field is filled with intricate guilloche lacework and a repetitive microtext border incorporating the denomination numeral, forming an elaborate geometric underprint framework across the entire surface. |
| Reverse lettering | SERIE DE CINCUENTA PESETAS (Translation: Series of Fifty Pesetas) |
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