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500 Pesetas
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| In circulation to | 2002 |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 / 500 BANCO DE ESPAÑA QUINIENTAS pesetas MADRID 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1979 EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles, Miguel Palazuelo García and Jesús Urdiola Salvador) (Translation: Bank of Spain Five hundred Pesetas Madrid October 23, 1979 The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles, Miguel Palazuelo García and Jesús Urdiola Salvador)) |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 / 500 BANCO DE ESPAÑA QUINIENTAS pesetas "Non Follas novas, ramallo de toxos e silvas sôs, hirtas, com´as miñas penas, feras, com´á miña dor". (Translation: Bank of Spain Five hundred pesetas No, new leaves, bouquet of gorse and brambles you are, barren as my sorrows, fierce as my pain.) |
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The 1979 series marked one of the Banco de España's first substantial redesigns following the transition to democracy, and the 500 pesetas denomination carried particular political weight during that period — the choice of imagery was scrutinized precisely because Franco-era iconography was still being purged from circulation. The FNMT engravers Sampedro Molero and Sánchez Gutiérrez worked on separate faces, a division of labor common to Madrid-produced notes of this run.
Three signatures appear on P#157, reflecting the bank's collegiate governance structure at the time. Álvarez Rendueles served as Governor from 1979 to 1984.