The 100 Pesetas 1953 (dated 1953, issued 1955) banknote was released by the Banco de España during the Francoist period.
The obverse features a portrait of Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), one of Spain’s most renowned composers, framed by ornamental details.
The reverse shows the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra of Granada, a masterpiece of Moorish architecture and one of Spain’s most emblematic landmarks.
The note was printed by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre on security paper with a watermark depicting Manuel de Falla.
Dimensions: 138 × 85 mm.
Obverse
Brown print; light brown underprint; red serial number.
Bust of Spanish painter Julio Romero de Torres front-facing. Multicolor coat of arms of Spain in background. Floral and geometric designs.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
100
EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CIEN PESETAS
MADRID, 7 de Abril de 1953
JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES
EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO
FCA NAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE
Translation:
The Bank of Spain
Will pay the bearer One Hundred Pesetas
Madrid, April 7, 1953
The Governor. The Comptroller. The Cashier
Engraver: José Luis López Sánchez-Toda
Reverse
Brown print; light brown underprint; red serial number.
Painting “La Fuensanta” by Julio Romero de Torres. Floral and geometric designs.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
100
BANCO DE ESPAÑA
CIEN PESETAS
Translation:
Bank of Spain
One Hundred Pesetas
Engraver: José Luis López Sánchez-Toda
Watermark
Drawing by Julio Romero de Torres , Fuensanta head, his favorite model.
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Signatures
| Joaquín Benjumea y Burín (JBB) | Governor |  |
| Antonio Victoriano Martín Martín (AVMM) | Comptroller |  |
| Joaquín Serrano García (JSG) | Cashier |  |
Printer
Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain
Comments
Paper Factory: FNMT, Burgos.
Series: Without series and from series A to series 3X.
Put in circulation on May 13, 1955.
Julio Romero de Torres (Córdoba, November 9, 1874-Córdoba, May 10, 1930) was a Spanish symbolist painter. Born into a family of artists, as a young man he made regionalist painting, heir to the best Spanish tradition, to progressively adhere to the aesthetics of the generation of ’98 and modernism, triumphant in Spain. Around 1908, his aesthetic led to a personal style that combined popular sentiment and genuine folklore, in a very Andalusian line full of refinement and bewitchment. In his beginnings, together with Solana, Arteta and Ricardo Baroja, he tried to reflect in his pictures a dramatic and rural Spain, compared to Sorolla, Sotomayor or Moreno Carbonero, with a more accommodating vision.
La Fuensanta is a portrait painting by Spanish artist Julio Romero de Torres depicting María Teresa López González, one of Torres’ models. Gonzalez is depicted with her arms resting on a copper cauldron. The painting was made in the autumn of 1929, when Torres completed another two artworks, La Chiquita Piconera and Bodegas Cruz Conde. “Fuensanta” is a Spanish girl’s name that means “holy fountain.”
Features
| Issuer | Spain |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Bank of Spain (Banco de España) |
| Ruling authority | Francisco Franco (1936-1975) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1953 |
| Value | 100 Pesetas (100 ESP) |
| Currency | Peseta (1868-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 138 × 88 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Intaglio, Lithography |
| Demonetized | 1 January 2021 |
