50 pesetas 1940 — Spain ( Pick: 117a )
Region:
Europe
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 50 pesetas issued in Spain in 1940. It is cataloged under Pick number 117a.
The note features a green and black print, with a light green and ocher-yellow underprint and a black serial number. The dimensions are 135 x 85 mm. The front side design is described as an issued note. It is signed by Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela (Governor), Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín (Comptroller), and Juan Villarroya Masfarner (Cashier).
A total of 44,000,000 notes were produced. The printing office responsible for this banknote is Calcografía e Cartevalori, located in Milan, Italy.
The note features a green and black print, with a light green and ocher-yellow underprint and a black serial number. The dimensions are 135 x 85 mm. The front side design is described as an issued note. It is signed by Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela (Governor), Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín (Comptroller), and Juan Villarroya Masfarner (Cashier).
A total of 44,000,000 notes were produced. The printing office responsible for this banknote is Calcografía e Cartevalori, located in Milan, Italy.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela (Governor), Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín (Comptroller), Juan Villarroya Masfarner (Cashier)
- Date of issue
- January 9, 1940
- Printing office
- Calcografía e Cartevalori, Milan, Italy
- Paper
- paper
- Colour
- green and black print; light green and ocher-yellow underprint; black serial number
- Dimensions
- 135 x 85 mm
- Amount produced
- 44,000,000
- Pick catalog
- 117a
About this banknote
The Banco de España issued the 50 pesetas banknote on January 9, 1940. This series was printed by Calcografía e Cartevalori in Milan, Italy, and featured the signatures of Governor Antonio Goicoechea Cosculluela, Comptroller Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín, and Cashier Juan Villarroya Masfarner.
The obverse displays a bust of Spanish writer Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo facing left, with geometric designs in green and black print, and a light green and ocher-yellow underprint. The reverse features the coat of arms of Spain at the center, surrounded by geometric patterns in grey print with green, red, and yellow underprint. The banknote measures 135 x 85 mm and has a watermark reading "Banco de España" along with the numeral "50."
