Portrait of the writer Lope de Vega (left), allegorical woman with shield, globe and three children (center) and woman with a wheel (right)
Reverse description
Steam locomotive and geometric designs around
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
500 / QUINIENTAS
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
pagará al portador Quinientas Pesetas
Madrid, 1º de Julio de 1876
EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of Manuel
Cantero San Vicente, Teodoro Rubio Castellanos and Manuel Díaz
Moreno de Vivar) (Translation: 500 / Five Hundred The Bank of Spain will pay the carrier Five Hundred Pesetas Madrid, 1st of July 1876 The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of Manuel Cantero San Vicente, Teodoro Rubio Castellanos and Manuel Díaz Moreno de Vivar))
Reverse lettering
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
500 (Translation: The Bank of Spain)