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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper with red serial number. To the left, a portrait vignette of the neoclassical statesman Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos in right-facing bust; to the right, a helmeted bust of Goddess Athena facing left, flanked above and below by the heraldic shields of the Spanish kingdoms. Geometric guilloche designs fill the remaining field. |
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| Reverse description | Greenish blue-grey letterpress print. A reclining cherub holding a sickle is positioned in the lower portion of the design, while a bust of Mercury with his characteristic winged helmet faces left at the right. Geometric guilloche patterns frame the composition throughout. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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