500 Pesetas

Features

Issuer	Spain
Issuing entity	Bank of Spain (Banco de España)
King	Juan Carlos I (1975-2014)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1979
Value	500 Pesetas (500 ESP)
Currency	Peseta (1868-2001)
Composition	Paper
Size	129 × 70 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Intaglio, Lithography
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 205270
References	P# 157 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1979-1985 Issue

Obverse

Blue print; multicolor underprint; red serial number.
Bust of Spanish poet and novelist María Rosalía Rita de Castro and coat of arms of Spain on top right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500
BANCO DE ESPAÑA
QUINIENTAS pesetas
ROSALIA DE CASTRO
MADRID 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1979
EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO
FCA NAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE

Translation:
Bank of Spain
Five hundred Pesetas
Madrid October 23, 1979
The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier

Engraver: Pablo Sampedro Molero

Reverse

Blue print; green and brown underprint.
House-Museum of Rosalía de Castro in Padrón (La Coruña). Rosalía's autograph text: fragment of her poem "Follas Novas" in Galician language.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500
BANCO DE ESPAÑA
QUINIENTAS pesetas
Non Follas novas, ramallo de toxos e silvas sós,
hirtas, como as miñas penas, feras, como a miña dor.

Translation:
Bank of Spain
Five hundred pesetas
No, new leaves, bouquet of gorse and brambles you are,
barren as my sorrows, fierce as my pain.

Engraver: Antonio Sánchez Gutiérrez

Watermark

Head of Rosalía de Castro.

Signatures

José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles (JRÁR)	Governor
Miguel Palazuelo García (MPG)	Comptroller
Jesús Urdiola Salvador (JUS)	Cashier

Printer

Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain

Comments

Series: Without series and from series A to series 1S.

María Rosalía Rita de Castro (23 February 1837 – 15 July 1885), was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Galician cultural icon, she was a leading figure in the emergence of the literary Galician language. Through her work, she projected multiple emotions, including the yearning for the celebration of Galician identity and culture, and female empowerment. She is credited with challenging the traditional female writer archetype.

The Casa Museo Rosalía de Castro, also called Casa da Matanza, is a house museum located in the house where Rosalía de Castro lived with her husband Manuel Murguía and the children of the family from 1883 until her death in 1885. It collects different editions of his works and various material of his, such as photographs or personal memories. On the second floor, recreate the atmosphere of the house in Rosalía's time.

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Date	Signatures	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1979-Oct-23	JRÁR, MPG, JUS			$ 3.50				$ 11	P# 157a.1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	P-157a.1; Serial 7 Digits	19%
1979-Oct-23	JRÁR, MPG, JUS			$ 2.90	$ 3.50	$ 4.60	$ 6.70	$ 12	P# 157a.2 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Serial 1 - 1 Letter - 7 Digits (A to Z)	25%
1979-Oct-23	JRÁR, MPG, JUS	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	$ 3.50	$ 3.60	$ 7.30	$ 9.10	P# 157a.3 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Serial 1 Letter - 7 Digits (A to Z)	55%
1979-Oct-23	JRÁR, MPG, JUS								P# 157r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Replacement banknote; Serial format: 9 - 1 letter (A-B) - 7 dígits	3%

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