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| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA PAGARA AL PORTADOR QUINIENTAS PESETAS MADRID, 9 DE ENERO DE 1940 D. JUAN DE AUSTRIA EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela, Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín and Juan Villarroya Masfarner) (Translation: The Bank of Spain will pay the carrier Five Hundred Pesetas Madrid, January 9, 1940 The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela, Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín and Juan Villarroya Masfarner)) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette reproducing a fragment of the painting The Battle of Lepanto, rendered in intaglio, framed by an elaborate border of geometric and vegetal guilloche ornament. The denomination appears in both numeral and letterpress text within the decorative frame. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE ESPAÑA 500 PESETAS QUINIENTAS PESETAS (Translation: Bank of Spain Five Hundred Pesetas) |
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