Catalog
50 Pesetas
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1951 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Reddish pink intaglio print with green serial number. The central vignette reproduces Rusiñol's painting 'Gardens of Aranjuez', held in the Prado Museum, Madrid, rendered in a fine line engraving style. Guilloche geometric borders surround the composition. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 BANCO DE ESPAÑA JARDINES DE ARANJUEZ (RUSIÑOL) (Translation: Bank of Spain Gardens of Aranjuez (Rusiñol)) |
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The 1951 series was issued under the Franco regime during a period of severe economic autarky, when Spain remained largely cut off from postwar European recovery. The Banco de España's reliance on the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre for all domestic currency production was itself a political choice — keeping the entire printing chain inside Spanish borders was consistent with the regime's self-sufficiency doctrine, regardless of whether foreign printers might have delivered superior technical results.
López Sánchez-Toda was among the more accomplished engravers working at FNMT in this period. The watermark remains the primary security feature — modest by contemporary European standards.