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Spain 10 pesetas 1935 (P86) allegorical woman wearing crenellated crown

These blue 100 peseta notes dated 1925 were printed in England by the security printers Bradbury Wilkinson. They are beautifully engraved with the portrait of Philip II on the front and a view of the Escorial, the resting place of the Kings of Spain, at the centre. On the back is a detail of a painting of La Silla de Felipe II a craggy vantage point from where Philip II is supposed to have watched the construction of The Escorial. (P69)Although these notes are dated in the 1920s they were actually released into circulation during the Republic of the 1930s. Available in Fine and Good VF condition.

Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba/El Gran Capitan in the field of Cerignola before corpse of his enemy, Louis d’Armagnac Duke of Nemours from Casado del Alsal painting

This 100 peseta note, dated 1953 features acclaimed painter Julio Romero de Torres (P145). The back shows a detail from his painting La Fuensanta, painted in 1929 , a year before his untimely death in 1930 at aged 55. It features one of his favourite models Maria Teresa Lopez Gonzalez and is often regarded as a quintessential rendition of an Andalusian beauty. In Crisp About Unc.

Spain 100 pesetas 1970 P152 Brown on white de Falla at r/Walled garden Unc

Spain 1000 Pesetas 1925 (P70c) Portrait Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor from 1519, King of Spain from 1516/Double headed eagle in Coat of Arms over door of Alcasar in Toledo