Испания – крупное государство в Южной Европе, в within the Iberian Peninsula. The country can be proud of its history and rich cultural heritage. No less interesting are the money and coins of Spain, as well as the history of the development of the national currency of this ancient state.
In 2002, the country joined the so-called Eurozone. But as the currency of Spain was called before the euro - not everyone knows ...
In general, the evolution of the Spanish monetarycurrency passed through the following chain: real - escudo - peseta - euro. Real was introduced into the money circulation in the XIV century by King Pedro the First. This currency has been in the status of the main currency of the Spanish kingdom for five centuries in a row. Real was equivalent to three maravedi (older Iberian coins).
To replace the real in 1864 came escudo (intranslated from Spanish, escudo is a “shield”). These coins were minted from both gold and silver. In different years, one escudo corresponded to a certain number of reais.
From 1869 to 2002 throughout Spaingo were peseta. They were made of various metals and alloys (aluminum, bronze, copper, nickel and others). The very word peseta from Spanish translates as "a piece of something." One Spanish peseta was divided into 100 centimo.
In the summer of 1874, the firstpaper banknotes. These were bills in denominations of 25, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 pesetas. Initially, the number of paper banknotes was limited, so only banks and some financial institutions had the right to use them.
In 2002, the peseta ceased its officialExistence. Euro was introduced in the country. The reverse of all these coins is traditionally the same for all countries in the Eurozone. But the obverse in each state is made in its own way. On modern coins of Spain you can see the face of King Felipe VI, revered by thousands of pilgrims, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as well as the image of the writer Miguel Cervantes.
By the way, if someone from the inhabitants of this beautiful sunny country still has peseta in his hands, then he can freely exchange them in a bank and get running euros.
It should be noted that not all Spaniards wereagree with the transition to the euro. To their old currency, they are still very reverent. For example, in the town of Estepona in the south of the country they even erected such a monument in honor of peseta.
Since 1869, in the state peseta and centimo were minted centrally. Some coins of Spain of this period are of great value among coin collectors.
For example, many collectors are interested in coins.during the Civil War (late 1930s). In this historical period in Spain, each of the armies issued their own money (there were 15 of them in total). Coins with the image of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco of the 40-50th years of release are interesting to numismatists.
Spanish coins are quite interesting anda diverse set of drawings and images. On their "body" you can see the shields, sailboats and anchors, olive branches, gears and grape clusters.
Not spared the coins of this country andfootball theme. Still would! After all, the Spanish national football team is one of the strongest in the modern world. So, on the coins of 1982 release you can see the images of balls and nets of the football goal. That year, Spain hosted the World Cup.
Real, escudo, peseta, euro ...historical evolution of the national currency of Spain. The very first coin in this country was minted 2,5 thousand years ago. The first paper money in Spain was printed in 1874. Many coins of Spain are objects of interest for numismatists.
