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500 Pesetas replica
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Value | 500 Pesetas 500 ESP = EUR 3.00 |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Court of the Lions of the Alhambra in Granada, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. Portrait of Isabella I of Castile at right, framed within an ornate guilloche border. Date of issue, issuing authority inscriptions, and three signature lines for Interventor, Gobernador, and Cajero appear below. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE 500 ESPAÑA BRADBURY, WILKINSON Y Co GRABADORES, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, INGLATERRA Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (Translation: BANK OF 500 SPAIN BRADBURY, WILKINSON Y Co ENGRAVERS, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND (On the right) Real Casa de la Moneda Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) |
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Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. produced the original 1927 series for Banco de España during a period when the peseta was under considerable strain — the Primo de Rivera dictatorship had inherited a currency weakened by wartime neutrality profiteering and chronic budget deficits, and the bank was actively seeking to restore confidence through higher-denomination notes printed to exacting security standards. BW&Co. were among the most technically capable security printers in the world at the time, and their New Malden facility was producing work for central banks across Europe and Latin America.
This is catalogued as a replica. The distinction matters: replicas of this series were produced officially for display and educational purposes, and are not considered counterfeits under Spanish law, but they must be distinguished carefully from genuine issued examples, which carry distinct paper feel and intaglio depth that replicas consistently fail to match.