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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 1000 Pesetas (1000 ESP) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette with a bust portrait of the Spanish Baroque painter Bartolomé Murillo (1618–1682), set against a guilloche underprint with geometric greca border ornaments. The coat of arms of Spain appears alongside the portrait, with numeral value figures at two corners of the note. Intaglio-printed inscriptions name the issuing authority and the date of issue, Madrid, 9 January 1940, with three signature lines for the Governor, Auditor, and Cashier. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a full-colour reproduction of a fragment from Murillo's painting 'Girls Counting Money', housed in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany, rendered in a pictorial vignette occupying the central field. Lettering in the issuing bank's name and the denomination in words frame the composition. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ESPAÑA MIL PESETAS (Translation: Bank of Spain One Thousand Pesetas) |
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