Spain 500 Pesetas 23.7.1971 (I-7621612) (lt. circulated) XF+

500 Pesetas 23.7.1971 (Obverse: Coat of Arms. Catalan poet Jacinto Verdaguer y Santaló (17 May 1845 – 10 June 1902). Reverse: Mt. Canigó (Canigou) (elev. 2784 m) and a small village Vernet-les-Bains in southern France, – inspiration of the poet (on average, 300 days of sunshine every year). Watermark: Reversed identical portrait of Jacinto Verdaguer. Security features: Watermark. Running serial numbers. Dominant colour: Blue and grey-blue. Signatures: Luis Coronel de Palma, Marqués de Tejada (Governor – El Gobernador, Sept. 1951 – Dec. 1963); José Gallego Adrados (The Auditor – El Interventor); José Luis Artigas Cía (Cashier – El Cajero). Security thread: Absent. Printing method: Intaglio. Issuer: Bank of Spain. Date of Issue: 23 July 1971. Engravers: Mateo García Navarro (design), Antonio Manso Fernández (front); José Antonio Prieto (design), Daniel Carande (back). Legal tender: No. Date of withdrawal: N/a. Material: Cotton fibre paper. Printer: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT)) (Serial # I-7621612) (lightly circulated) XF+

Dimensions: 144 x 86 mm

Catalogue Number: P-153 (Albert Pick; Krause)

Grade/condition: Nice Extremely Fine (XF+) (lightly circulated, used)

Texts: El Banco de España, pagara al portador, Quinientas Pesetas, Madrid, 23 de Julio de 1971.

Com dos gegants d'una llegió sagrada
sols encara hi ha drets dos campanars:
són los monjos darrers de l'encontrada,
que ans de partir, per última vegada,
contemplen l'enderroc de sos altars.

Són dues formidables sentinelles
que en lo Conflent posà l'eternitat;
semblen garrics los roures al peu d'elles;
les masies del pla semblen ovelles
al peu de llur pastor agegantat.

Jacint Verdaguer "El Canigó" (Barcelona, 1886)