Catalog
5000 Pesetas - Juan Carlos I
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Printer | Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of King Juan Carlos I of Borbón, rendered from a photograph by Alberto Schommer, occupying the right portion of the face. The Coat of Arms of Spain appears to the left. Guilloche underprint patterns frame the composition, with denomination numerals and issuing authority inscriptions distributed across the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 5000 peseta denomination was the highest-value note in circulation when this series launched, issued during the delicate transition period following Franco's death and the restoration of the monarchy under Juan Carlos I. The political symbolism embedded in that choice of subject — and the denomination — was entirely deliberate.
Both engravers, Manso Fernández and Carande Boto, were staff engravers at the FNMT, and the quality of intaglio work on this series is among the finest the Madrid facility produced in the postwar decades. The note carries three signatures, reflecting the Bank of Spain's collegial signing structure at the time rather than any emergency or transitional arrangement.