59 | Spanish Banknotes

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100 Pesetas. NOT ISSUED. January 1, 1937. Bank of Spain, Gijón. Without series and with double numbering 000025-000026, without the vignette on the back and without matrix. (Edifil 2021: NE31Pe). Very rare, small tear below the numbering on the right caused by the numerator itself, without any importance and indicated only for information purposes, Ramón Cobo in his work on paper money of state organizations indicates that it could be a test, he considers the numbering 000027-000028 (on the same ticket, just like the one offered). Very Fine.

The creation of banknotes of better quality than the stubs put into circulation since November 1936 was an obsession of the Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León. We have already discussed his story before and we will not delve into it now.

All 100 peseta banknotes from the failed Gijón issue of January 1937 are very rare. Normally the very few banknotes that are seen from this issue have a matrix and a printed reverse. On this occasion, the copy offered seems like a proof in which, in addition to the complete obverse, only the background of the reverse appears and not the design, but instead it shows what the numbering would be like, with six figures and the same font that was later used. in September 1937, an extraordinary fact from this unaired series.