50 Pesetas

€326,159.00
IssuerSpain
Year1893
TypeStandard banknote
Value50 Pesetas (50 ESP)
CurrencyPeseta (1868-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size124 × 77 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBank of Spain Workshop, Madrid, Spain
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)Bartolomé Maura Montaner
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#43
Obverse descriptionBlack print; red serial number. Bust of the Spanish neoclassical statesman Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos facing right (left). Allegorical woman seated with sword in hand (right). Geometric designs.
Reverse descriptionGreenish blue-grey print. Reclining cherub with sickle in hand (below). Bust of God Mercury with winged helmet facing left (right). Geometric designs.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionThe left profile of the head of Apollo.The number `50` corresponding to the value«B. 50 E» The figure corresponds to the value and the initials of the Bank of Spain, on the left margin under the security lines.
Obverse letteringCINCUENTA PESETAS EL BANCO de ESPAÑA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA PESETAS JOVELLANOS Madrid 24 de Julio de 1893 EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO
(Translation: Fifty Pesetas The Bank of Spain Will pay the bearer Fifty Pesetas Madrid, July 24, 1893 The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier)
Reverse lettering50 Banco de España 50 PESETAS
(Translation: Bank of Spain)
Variants
Catalog ID2839033960
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