1000 — One Thousand Pesetas
The artwork
Front: Hernán Cortés in a broad soft hat and pleated ruff, engraved in green and looking out to the right, his name lettered vertically at the edge. Behind him a faint globe with meridians and, in red, a figure copied from a pre-Columbian codex. A blue-and-green compass rose sits over the watermark panel, with MIL PESETAS above the large 1000 and the date line MADRID 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 1992.
Back: Francisco Pizarro, named beneath, engraved in the same green with a fur-collared cloak and armour, holding a short staff. Above him a mariner's compass card marked with a red cross, set against latitude and longitude lines; upper right, a small crowned shield. At left, a plan of a colonial town printed in red. The field is filled with repeated microprinted BANCO DE ESPAÑA, and the marginal helmet and sword complete when held to light.
In circulation
Dated 12 October 1992, the quincentenary of Columbus's landfall, and the last 1000-peseta note Spain issued. It served through the 1990s as the everyday large note until euro cash arrived on 1 January 2002; pesetas ceased to be legal tender that spring, though the Banco de España exchanged them for years afterwards.
Details
- CurrencyPeseta
- DenominationOne Thousand Pesetas
- Collectedon the Spain journey, 2019
- IssuerBanco de España
- SeriesDated Madrid, 12 October 1992
- PrinterFábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid
- SignatureThree: El Gobernador, El Interventor, El Cajero
- SecuritySee-through helmet and sword in the margin; repeated microprinted BANCO DE ESPAÑA in the back field
- Dimensions130 × 65 mm