Currency of Spain 10000 Pesetas banknote 1985 King Juan Carlos I
Bank of Spain - Banco de España
The main design of the 10000 Spanish pesetas banknote is the monarchy of Spain.
Obverse: Portrait of King Don Juan Carlos I of Spain. The Coat of arms of Spain at upper right. The Coat of Arms of the Spanish House of Bourbon as a registration device: The three stylized lily Fleur-de-lis, with the Spanish Royal crown above, and surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece. The image is visible from both sides of the note. The Coat of arms of Spain at upper right. Date of issue at bottom center: Madrid, 22 September 1985. The face value "10000" at bottom right and in ornate guilloche rosette at bottom left. The inscription: "Banco de España" (Bank of Spain) at upper center and "Diez Mil Pesetas" (Ten thousand Pesetas) at bottom center.
Signatures: Don José Ramón Álvarez Rendueles (Governor - El Gobernador, Mar. 1978 - Jul. 1984); (The Auditor - El Interventor); (Cashier - El Cajero).
Reverse: Portrait of Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias (Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia, Prince of Asturias, King Felipe VI of Spain, he ascended to the throne on 19 June 2014 following the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I) at left and Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial at centre. The handwritten inscription at upper right: "... que todos y cada uno, desde el puesto que nos corresponde, podamos cumplir nuestra misión en la paz, en la libertad y en la justicia, para el engrandecimiento de nuestra Patria." signed by Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias. The inscription: "Banco de España" (Bank of Spain) at upper center and "Diez Mil Pesetas" (Ten thousand Pesetas) at bottom center. The face value "10000" at bottom left and in ornate guilloche rosette at bottom right.
Watermark: Portrait of King Don Juan Carlos I.
The dominant colour of the 10000 Spanish pesetas banknote is blue-gray on multicolor underprint.
Size: 165 x 85 mm.
Printed by Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid.
The peseta was replaced by the euro (€) in 1999 on currency exchange boards. Euro coins and notes were introduced in January 2002, and on 1 March 2002 the peseta lost its legal tender status in Spain, and also in Andorra. The conversion rate was 1 euro = 166.386 Spanish pesetas.
Peseta notes issued since 1939 and coins that were legal tender on 31 December 2001 remain exchangeable at any branch of the Spanish Central Bank until 31 December 2020. According to that entity, as of March 2011 pesetas to a value estimated at 1.7 billion euros had not been converted to euro.
10000 Spanish pesetas: equivalent in Euro - 60.10 Euro.