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50 Pesetas replica
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 50 Pesetas 50 ESP = EUR 0.30 |
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| Obverse description | Central portrait vignette of Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912), Spanish philologist, literary critic, and historian. The denomination and issuing bank name appear in letterpress, with guilloche underprint framing the composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA PESETAS MADRID, 9 DE ENERO DE 1940 EL GOBERNADOR EL CAJERO EL INTERVENTOR REPRODUCCIÓN AUTORIZADA (Translation: THE BANK OF SPAIN WILL PAY THE CARRIER FIFTY PESETAS MADRID, JANUARY 9, 1940 THE GOVERNOR (signature) THE CASHIER (signature) THE AUDITOR (signature) AUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION) |
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| Comments |
The 1940 series was issued under Franco's postwar government, just a year after the Civil War's end, with the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre — the state printing works in Madrid — resuming normal production after years of wartime disruption to Spain's currency infrastructure. The word "replica" in this listing flags a critical caveat: the note is not a circulated original but a later facsimile reproduction, almost certainly produced for collector or educational purposes.
Replicas of this Pick 117 type are common enough to require careful scrutiny against genuine specimens before any attribution is confirmed.