500 Pesetas

Features

Issuer Spain
Issuing entity Bank of Spain (Banco de España)
Ruling authority Francisco Franco (1936-1975)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1951
Value 500 Pesetas (500 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1868-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 146 × 95 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Intaglio, lithography
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
206219
References P# 142
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1951 Issue

Obverse

Portrait of Mariano Benlliure, sculptor (1862-1947). Coat of Arms of Spain

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR QUINIENTAS PESETAS
MADRID, 15 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1951
EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of Joaquín Benjumea Burín, Conde de Benjumea, Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín and Joaquín Serrano García)

Translation:
The Bank of Spain
will pay the carrier Five Hundred Pesetas
Madrid, November 15, 1951
The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of Joaquín Benjumea Burín, Conde de Benjumea, Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín and Joaquín Serrano García)

Engraver: Camilo Delhom

Designer: José Luis López Sánchez-Toda

Reverse

Pictorial work of Mariano Benlliure «Mausoleum of Julián Gayarre» located in the Roncal Valley, Navarra

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE ESPAÑA
QUINIENTAS PESETAS
500

Translation:
Bank of Spain
Five Hundred Pesetas

Engraver: José Luis López Sánchez-Toda

Designer: José Luis López Sánchez-Toda

Watermark

Roman head in profile with Laurel wreath.

Printer

Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain

Comments

Paper Mill: Papeteries Des Rives, France
Without series and from series A to series C.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1951-Nov-15  $ 7.50 $ 25 95% P#142a. Issued note.
1951-Nov-15  0% P#142s. Specimen.

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