| Issuer |
Spain
|
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Bank of Spain (Banco de España) |
| Queen |
Isabella II (1833-1868)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1866 |
| Value | 20 Escudos |
| Currency | Escudo (1864-1873) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 203 × 121 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Letterpress, Lithography |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 327233 |
Series: "Banco de España" Provincial Branch Issues
Black, green and grey print; pink-ocher underprint.
Allegorical woman with spear in hand and holding crowned Coat of Arms, lion lying at her feet. Boy with sickle harvesting wheat. Helmeted heads flank issuing entity.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
20 VEINTE
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
pagará al portador VEINTE escudos en efectivo
MADRID, 1º de Enero de 1866
EL GOBERNADOR POR LA INTERVENCIÓN POR LA CAJA
Translation:
Twenty
The Bank of Spain
will pay the bearer Twenty Escudos in cash
Madrid, January 1, 1866
The Governor For the Intervention For the Cash
Blank reverse
The Bank of Spain, through its Provincial Branches, issued banknotes from 1856 to 1868, with the following issues:
1. Real Vellon system:
Issue of May 1, 1856; Issue of May 1, 1862
2. Escudo system:
Issue of January 1, 1866; Issue of March 16, 1868; Issue of October 31, 1868
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| Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1866-Jan-01 | 250 000 | ||||||||||||||
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