| Issuer | Spain |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Pesetas (500 ESP) |
| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 129 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Pablo Sampedro Molero Reverse: Antonio Sánchez Gutiérrez |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#157 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of María Rosalía Rita de Castro (1837-1885), Spanish poet and novelist. Coat of Arms of Spain |
| Reverse description | House-Museum of Rosalía, Padrón (La Coruña). Rosalía`s autograph text: fragment of her poem `Follas Novas` in the Galician language. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait of Rosalía de Castro. |
| 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)) |
| 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´ámiña 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.) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 5534018810 |
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