Reference:
Pick: #78 , The Banknote Book: B522
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Description
Spain. Bank of Spain. 1925-1930 Issues. Date: 15.08.1928. Dimensions: 161 x 121 mm. Material: paper. Watermark: head of Ferdinand III in profile. Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Company, Grabadores, New Malden, Surrey. No security thread. Put into circulation: 00.06.1938. Polychrome front and back printing, predominantly purple, yellow and orange-brown. Texts in Spanish. Description of the front: ornamental frame composed of guilloche patterns with the value "1000" in the upper corners. On the right, a portrait of King Ferdinand I of Castile and León. On the left, the Cathedral of Seville. In the center from top to bottom, the issuing institute "EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA", the words "Pagará al portador", the value in letters "MIL PESETAS", the place and date of issue, the banknote number in purple and the signatures in purple and black. A single combination of signatures with El Gobernador (The Governor), El Interventor (The Comptroller) and El Cajero (The Cashier). Back description: orange-brown and yellow. In the center, "Last Communion of St. Ferdinand", oil on canvas by Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans (1843-1917). On the right, the watermark. Texts in Spanish. The numbering is repeated four times in red in the corners. A test is known without overprint, without perforation and numbered "0,000,000". 2,000,000 issued notes.