Product Description
SCWPM.P144 - TBB.B610 - 1 peseta (withdrawn 17.12.1971)
Date: 22 de Julio de 1953 - Grade: Unc
Sig. 36: Benjumea/Martín/Serrano
Description: Brown, orange, blue, and black. - Front: Spanish text; Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of
Santa Cruz. - Back: Spanish text; sailing ship at sea. - No security thread. - Watermark: None. - Printer: FCA NAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE. - Size: 85 x 60 mm. - Material: Paper.
More info about: 1953 (1954 - 1955) Issues
This would be the last 1-peseta note issued as the denomination was replaced by a coin due to eroding purchasing power of the currency.
More about: Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán,
1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (12 December 1526 – 9 February 1588), was a Spanish admiral and landlord. He took part in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera (1564), the relief to the besieged during the Great Siege of Malta (1565), the quelling of the Alpujarras Rebellion (1569), the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the conquest of Tunis (1573), the incorporation of Portugal to the Hispanic monarchy (1580), and the conquest of Terceira (1582).
Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships developed in Spain and first used as armed cargo carriers by Europeans from the 16th to 18th centuries during the age of sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-1600s.
