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Auction: 16008 - British and World Banknotes
Lot: 2100

El Banco de Espana, 1000 pesetas, Madrid, 1 May 1895, red serial number 259777, black and pale yellow-brown, portrait of Francisco Cabarrus 'El Conde de Cabarrus' in oval frame from a painting by Goya, cherub at left, to right caduceus and cap of Mercury (Commerce), value in field, reverse dark and pale brown, a bust of Carlos II at left in oval frame, cornucopia and lion to left and right (abundance and power),
(Pick 45, Los Billetes del Banco de Espana 1979, 206/207), as a point of interest this issue is the first example of a Spanish banknote depicting a Spanish Monarch. In PMG holder 58 CHOICE ABOUT UNC EPQ, a superb example of a very rare note and in exceptional grade

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