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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Francoist eagle coat of arms set within an elaborate guilloche underprint, flanked by two large circular rosette medallions at left and right. The denomination QUINIENTAS PESETAS is printed in bold letterpress at centre, with the issuing authority and date of issue below. Three facsimile signature lines appear at the foot of the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR QUINIENTAS PESETAS BURGOS, 20 DE MAYO, DE 1938 EL GOBERNADOR EL INTERVENTOR EL CAJERO REPRODUCCIÓN AUTORIZADA (Translation: THE BANK OF SPAIN WILL PAY THE BEARER FIVE HUNDRED PESETAS BURGOS, MAY 20, 1938 THE GOVERNOR THE AUDITOR THE CASHIER AUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION) |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, its Baroque twin towers rising above the Plaza del Obradoiro, framed by two ornamental pillar motifs and an arched guilloche border at top. Symmetrical acanthus-scroll underprint panels fill the lateral fields, with the denomination numeral 500 and PESETAS at both left and right. |
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