Fractional currency from Spain - Banco de Espana
worldcoinguy
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Some neat little notes I was able to rediscover this week.
1935 5 pesetas
1935 10 pesetas
1937 1 peseta
1937 50 centimos
1938 2 pesetas
1951 5 pesetas
1954 5 pesetas
Spain Astoria & Leon 25 centimos
Spain Astoria & Leon 40 centimos
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Nice assortment. Are these your notes @worldcoinguy ?
Thanks @mbwizkid ! Yes they are mine; I believe I purchased most of them in the 1995/1996 timeframe. Snapped the pics using my samsung phone last week. I have more large size Spanish notes also from the 1920s and 1930s that I was going to post also.
I especially like the backs of the last two notes.
"Peace and Work"-exactly what we want now.
One factor of collecting Spanish notes from early in the 20th century up to the mid 1970's is that they changed the designs frequently which IMHO makes collecting them much more interesting. I also like that they preferred to place fine art on their banknotes:
Lovely notes 💕
@SaorAlba: I like the Seville scene in particular on the reverse of the 100 pesetas note you posted; without a doubt, my favorite city in Europe.
Spain certainly has a history rich in architecture and art from which to choose. Some more notes with excellent art representation:
A few more
The "Republica Espanola" stamp on the last 50ptas note is pretty interesting.
Here are some older ones:
Cool notes.
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@SaorAlba - Wow - very nice early notes from 1907. Those are tough to find.
I know these notes were posted before, but I collected Spanish notes not to collect them for the country but for the lovely feminine vignettes.
And my favourite is a Spanish printed essay from 1908
This one looks like she has a bad attitude.
Nice fractionals - was there something going on in Spain at the time to necessitate fractional currency? (I am guessing the Spanish Civil War).
These are simple designs, but also very artistic in the style of the era.
Indeed you are correct. I am only scratching the surface of this collecting area. Very brief article, but touches on the dynamics of the Spanish civil war and impacts on currency.
https://coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/spanish-civil-war-private-notes.html
A few more new arrivals:
Bumping with some new arrivals.
Beautiful notes… Wow-za 👍