Description
A pediment with the coat of arms of Spain supported by two columns represented on the left by a winged woman (Fame) holding wreath is blowing in a trumpet and on the right, a crowned woman holding a shield and a lifting owl (allegory of Minerva). From top to bottom: the issuing institute "EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA" on the pediment. Below, a large multicolored rosette with the value "50" in pink, the words "Pagará al portador" and the value in letters "VEINTICINCO PESETAS". Below, the place, the date of issue and the signatures in black. Banknote number in red on the right. Below, a portrait of the Spanish histologist and neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal. A single combination of signatures with El Gobernador (The Governor), El Interventor (The Comptroller) and El Cajero (The Cashier).Transcription
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA PESETAS
MADRID, 22 de Julio de 1935.
EL GOBERNADOR / EL INTERVENTOR / EL CAJERO (Signatures of Alfredo Zavala Lafora, Adolfo Castaño Orejón and Joaquín Serrano Montero)Translation
The Bank of Spain
will pay the carrier Fifty Pesetas
Madrid July 22, 1935.
The Governor / The Auditor / The Cashier (Signatures of Alfredo Zavala Lafora, Adolfo Castaño Orejón and Joaquín Serrano Montero)
