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500 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Español de la Isla de Cuba |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Value | 500 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | At left, an oval vignette contains a winged allegorical female figure in classical dress, holding a spear and standing against a guilloche border. The royal arms of Spain appear in the upper centre flanked by the denomination numeral 500 in each corner, with the bank title EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA ISLA DE CUBA arched across the upper field. A promise-to-pay text in Spanish is printed across the centre, with two serial number panels below the bank title and signature lines for EL GOBERNADOR and EL CONSEJERO at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA ISLA DE CUBA QUIINIENTOS pesos fuertes a la presentacion de este billete pagará al portador en metálico Habana EL GOBERNADOR EL CONSEJERO 500 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a single reddish-brown tone and divided into four quadrants by intersecting guilloche bands, each outer corner bearing the numeral 500. A central oval vignette contains a portrait bust, likely of the Spanish monarch, in profile facing left, surrounded by fine lathe-work guilloche ornament. The overall design relies on engine-turned geometric patterns without textual inscription. |
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