3690 | Spanish Banknotes

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Artist's proof of an unadopted 10,000 Peseta Bank of Spain banknote, obverse and reverse, on a spectacular presentation folder. Artistically crafted by hand and numbered 1A000000, dated March 1985 by the FNMT (Spanish Royal Mint), it was created by José Antonio Prieto Dolores, with lithographic backgrounds adhered to both sketches on paper (Edifil 2023: uncatalogued, Cobo: uncatalogued). This is a unique and exceptionally beautiful collection, worthy of a museum and of enormous importance, as it demonstrates one of the options for issuing a high-denomination Bank of Spain banknote. As could be expected, given that it dates from the years prior to 1992, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of America, the obverse features the effigy of Martín Alonso Pinzón and the reverse depicts the writers Miguel de Unamuno and Ángel Asturias Rosales. Uncirculated.

We are extremely grateful for the help provided by Mr. Raúl Trenzano in the corrections, and we wholeheartedly recommend his new catalogue of Spanish banknotes, recently published and which will undoubtedly mark a milestone in Spanish notaphily.

Brown envelope

444g