1 Peseta

Features

Issuer	Spain
Issuing entity	Bank of Spain (Banco de España)
Ruling authority	Francisco Franco (1936-1975)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1948
Value	1 Peseta (1 ESP)
Currency	Peseta (1868-2001)
Composition	Paper
Size	84 × 60 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Letterpress, Lithography
Issued	18 March 1949
Demonetized	1 January 2021
Number	N# 202071
References	P# 135 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1948 Issue

Obverse

Brown print; blue, ocher and brown underprint.
Limestone bust of the Lady of Elche facing left to the right. Geometric designs on perimeter and background.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1
BANCO DE ESPAÑA
UNA PESETA DE CURSO LEGAL
Madrid 19 de Junio de 1948
EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO
FCA NAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE

Translation:
Bank of Spain
One Peseta legal tender
Madrid, June 19, 1948
The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier

Engraver: José Luis López Sánchez-Toda

Reverse

Brown print; multicolor underprint; black serial number.
Four oranges with leaves on center. Geometric and floral designs.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1

Engraver: José Luis López Sánchez-Toda

Signatures

Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela (AGC)	Governor
Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín (AVMM)	Comptroller
Antonio Rodríguez Morales de Setién (ARMS)	Cashier

Printer

Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain

Comments

Series: Without series and from series A to series O. It is the only banknote that incorporates the letter "Ñ" in its series.

Put in circulation on March 18, 1949.

The Lady of Elche (Spanish: Dama de Elche, Valencian: Dama d'Elx) is a limestone bust that was discovered in 1897, at La Alcudia, an archaeological site on a private estate two kilometers south of Elche, Spain. It is now exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in Madrid.

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Date	Signatures	No. printed	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1948-Jun-19	AGC, AVMM, ARMS	161 952 000	$ 2.50	$ 2.50	$ 2.50	$ 8.20	$ 8.20	$ 8.80	P# 135a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Issued note.	94%
1948-Jun-19	AGC, AVMM, ARMS								P# 135s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen.	0.4%

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