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500 Pesetas
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Value | 500 Pesetas (500 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | At left, an engraved vignette portrait of the Spanish Renaissance artist Pablo de Céspedes, and at right, a vignette of the Goddess Athena. The design is framed with ornamental borders and carries the issuing authority's inscription along with the denomination and date. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in reddish-brown and composed of two large interlocking oval guilloche rosettes arranged centrally, each radiating fine lathe-work lines, flanked by smaller floral rosette vignettes in the corners, all enclosed within a continuous ornamental guilloche border. The word PESETAS is inscribed vertically within the central design. This example bears a cancellation overstamp reading INUTILIZADO and two punch holes, indicating demonetization. |
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| Signature(s) | José Elduayen (Marqués del Pazo de la Merced), Teodoro Rubio Castellanos and Fernando Pérez Casariego |
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