500 Pesetas

Features

Issuer Spain
Issuing entity Bank of Spain (Banco de España)
Period Second Republic (1931-1939)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1931
Value 500 Pesetas (500 ESP)
Currency Peseta (1868-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 142 × 87 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
207947
References P# 84
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: 1931 Issue

Obverse

Portrait of Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish sailor who completed the first trip around the world in the Magellan-Elcano expedition

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR QUINIENTAS PESETAS
MADRID, 25 de ABRIL de 1931.
JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO
EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of Julio Carabias Salcedo, Adolfo Castaño Orejón and Bonifacio Burgos Delgado)

Translation:
The Bank of Spain
Will pay the bearer Five Hundred Pesetas
Madrid, 25th of April of 1931
Juan Sebastian de Elcano
The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of Julio Carabias Salcedo, Adolfo Castaño Orejón and Bonifacio Burgos Delgado)

Reverse

Pictorial work of Elías Salaverría «The landing of Elcano in Seville», exhibited at the Naval Museum in Madrid.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO DE ESPAÑA
PRIMUS CIRCUMDEDISTI ME
ELIAS SALAVERRIA
QUINIENTAS PESETAS

Translation:
Bank of Spain
Five Hundred Pesetas

Watermark

KingAutomatically translated

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1931-Apr-25  Photo $ 13 $ 22 $ 25 $ 34

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesetasPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesetas
Katz
Auction 102
Lot 2302
Internet Archive
28 Nov 2023 UNC USD 58.20
(EUR 54.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesetasPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesetas
Katz
Auction 74
Lot 944
Internet Archive
29 Dec 2022 UNC USD 34.49
(EUR 32.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesetasPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesetas
Katz
Auction 99
Lot 2322
Internet Archive
31 Oct 2023 XF USD 15.09
(EUR 14.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesetasPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesetas
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 2786
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 XF USD 21.55
(EUR 20.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesetasPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesetas
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 3435
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 XF USD 25.86
(EUR 24.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 PesetasPicture 1 of a sold 500 Pesetas
Katz
Auction 87
Lot 2479
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2023 USD 102.38
(EUR 95.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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