| Issuer | Spain |
| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Pesetas (500 ESP) |
| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 155 × 96 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Calcografía e Cartevalori (Carte Valori Coen & C.; Coen & C. Banconote), Milan, Italy |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | Paressi |
| In circulation to | 1 January 2021 |
| Reference(s) | P#119 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Don Juan de Austria (1545 - 1578), illegitimate son of King Carlos I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire and of Bárbara Blomberg. Coat of Arms of Spain |
| Reverse description | Fragment of the painting The Battle of Lepanto, border with geometric and vegetal motifs, value in figures and letters. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Head of John of Austria and value figure. |
| Obverse lettering | 500
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
PAGARA AL PORTADOR QUINIENTAS PESETAS
MADRID, 9 DE ENERO DE 1940
D. JUAN DE AUSTRIA
EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of Antonio
Goicoechea Cosculluela, Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín and Juan
Villarroya Masfarner) (Translation: The Bank of Spain will pay the carrier Five Hundred Pesetas Madrid, January 9, 1940 The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela, Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín and Juan Villarroya Masfarner)) |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ESPAÑA
500 PESETAS
QUINIENTAS PESETAS (Translation: Bank of Spain Five Hundred pesetas) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 9282077050 |
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