500 Pesetas
Features
| Issuer |
Spain
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Bank of Spain (Banco de España) |
| King |
Alfonso XIII (1886-1931)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1886 |
| Value | 500 Pesetas (500 ESP) |
| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 146 × 100 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Intaglio, Letterpress, Lithography |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 326148 |
| References | P# 37 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Series: 1886 "Francisco de Goya" Issue
Obverse
Black and grey print; black serial number.
Bust of the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya front-facing (left) and seated allegorical woman with vase in hand, cherub carrying a box and factories with chimneys behind (right).
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
500 PESETAS
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
pagará al portador QUINIENTAS PESETAS
Madrid 1º de Octubre de 1886
GOYA
El Gobernador. El Interventor. El Cajero
Translation:
The Bank of Spain
will pay the bearer Five hundred Pesetas
Madrid, October 1, 1886
The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier
Reverse
Blue print.
Allegorical seated woman with wheel on the left and allegorical seated man with mallet, anvil and tools on the right. Geometric designs.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANCO DE ESPAÑA
QUINIENTAS
500 PESETAS
Translation:
Bank of Spain
Five hundred
500 Pesetas
Watermark
"Bank of Spain" at the top
A head looking to the right, in the area of the watermark.
The number "500" corresponding to the value of the ticket
Crossbars on the left margin, under the security threads.
Signatures
| Salvador Albacete y Albert (SAA) | Governor |
|
| Julián Llorente Lázaro (JLL) | Comptroller |
|
| Fernando Pérez Casariego (FPC) | Cashier |
|
Comments
Issue 1886: On August 10, 1885, the General Council of the Bank had determined that all its banknotes would henceforth be made in Spain, "under the immediate direction, inspection and surveillance of the Central Administration and in the same building in which it has its offices." The foreign orders had therefore ended for the moment. The Council also agrees that a single and permanent banknote be studied and prepared for the future.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns.
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| Date | Signatures | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1886-Oct-01 | SAA, JLL, FPC | 500 000 | |||||||||||||
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