Spain Banknotes 5 Pesetas banknote 1948 Juan Sebastián de Elcano
Bank of Spain - Banco de España
Obverse: Portrait of Juan Sebastián de Elcano by Ignacio Zuloaga. Basque explorer who completed the first circumnavigation of the world. As Ferdinand Magellan's second in command, Elcano took over after Magellan's death in the Philippines., engraved by Carlos Velamazán.
Size: 111 x 59 mm. Circulation: 140 830 000 notes. In circulation from 16 November 1948.
Printed by Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid.
Spain Banknotes - Spain Paper Money
1948-1949 Issue
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