Reference:
Pick: #75 , The Banknote Book: B519
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Description
Spain. Bank of Spain. 1925-1930 Issues. Date: 15.08.1928. Dimensions: 131 x 91 mm. Material: paper. Watermark: head of Juana Pacheco. Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Company, Grabadores, New Malden, Surrey. No security thread. Put into circulation: 00.07.1932. Polychrome front and back printing, mainly purple, green, black, blue and orange. Texts in Spanish. Description of the front: frame composed of guilloche patterns with the value "50" in the corners. In the center at the top, the issuing institute "EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA", the words "Pagará al portador", the value in letters "CINCUENTA PESETAS", then the place, the date of issue and the signatures in black. On the left, the watermark and below the banknote number in red. A single combination of signatures with El Gobernador (The Governor), El Interventor (The Comptroller) and El Cajero (The Cashier). Below left, the Prado Museum in Madrid and on the right, a portrait of the Spanish baroque painter, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, known as Diego Velázquez (1599-1660). Back description: purple, blue and red. In the center, a representation of "La rendición de Breda (The Surrender of Breda, also known as Las lanzas – The Lances", oil on canvas painted between 1634 and 1635 by Diego Vélasquez. On the right, the watermark. Texts in Spanish. The numbering is repeated four times in red in the corners. The specimen is known to be perforated "SPECIMEN" or "CANCELLED" horizontally. 60,000,000 issued notes.