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500 Pesetas replica
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Value | 500 Pesetas 500 ESP = TRY 160 |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR QUINIENTAS PESETAS MADRID, 22 de Julio de 1954 EL GOBERNADOR EL INTERVENTOR EL CAJERO REPRODUCCIÓN AUTORIZADA (Translation: THE BANK OF SPAIN WILL PAY THE CARRIER FIVE HUNDRED PESETAS MADRID, July 22, 1954 THE GOVERNOR (signature) THE AUDITOR (signature) THE CASHIER (signature) AUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION) |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 PESETAS BANCO DE ESPAÑA REPRODUCCIÓN AUTORIZADA (Translation: 500 PESETAS BANK OF SPAIN AUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION) |
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Pick 148 is the 500 Pesetas issue of 22 July 1954, a FNMT-printed note from a period when the Franco regime was still operating a largely autarkic economy — two years before the Stabilization Plan of 1959 began dismantling it. The "replica" designation here is significant: Spanish law prohibits the sale of genuine Banco de España notes withdrawn from circulation without specific authorization, so period-accurate facsimiles were produced for collector and educational markets, typically overprinted or punched to comply with reproduction regulations.
Genuine examples of P148 are not rare, but distinguishing an authorized replica from an unaltered specimen matters for any serious collection.