1936 AD., Spain, 2nd Republic, Madrid, Banco de España, 100 Pesetas, World Paper Money P-69c.1, E 1.440.474 Reverse.
State: Spain, 2nd Republic
Issuer: Banco de España
Location of issue: Madrid
Date of issue: dated1928 AD., issued 1936
Value: 100 Pesetas
Size: 140 x 99 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: bearded male head (Felipe II)
Serial : E (series from D >2.000.001, E, F)
Serial no. : 1.440.474
Signatures: (3)
Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. (New Malden, England)
Obv.: … , blue and green print, bust of Felipe II right, Monasterio de El Escorial.
Rev.: … / LA SILLA DE FELIPE II / ESCORIAL / L ALVAREZ pt°., blue and orange print, Chair of Philip II, where, according to legend, the monarch sat to see the progress of the Monastery's works.
References: World Paper Money P-69c.1 .
El Escorial, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spanish: Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial en Madrid), is a historical residence of the King of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 2.06 kilometres (1.28 mi) up the valley (4.1 km [2.5 mi] road distance) from the town of El Escorial and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of the Spanish capital Madrid. Built between 1563 and 1584 by order of King Philip II (who reigned 1556–1598), El Escorial is the largest Renaissance building in the world. It is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery, basilica, royal palace, pantheon, library, museum, university, school, and hospital.
Chair of Philip II, where, according to legend, the monarch sat to see the progress of the Monastery's works, although it is believed that, in reality, it was an altar for offerings of the Iberian tribe of the Vettones. The Vettones (Greek: Ouettones) were an Iron Age pre-Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula. The Vettones lived in the western part of the meseta—the high central upland plain of the Iberian peninsula—the region where the modern Spanish provinces of Ávila and Salamanca are today, as well as parts of Zamora, Toledo, Cáceres and also the eastern border areas of modern Portuguese territory.