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This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The peseta (/ pəˈseɪtə /, Spanish: [peˈseta]) [ a ] was the currency of Spain between 1868 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra (which had no national currency with legal tender).
The banknotes of the Spanish peseta were emitted by the Bank of Spain in 1874–2001 until the introduction of the euro. From 1940 the banknotes were produced by the Royal Mint (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre). In about the same year the inscription "El Banco de España" on both sides of the banknotes was temporarily changed to "Banco de ...
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao (Biscay), Spain. It is one of several museums affiliated to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists. It was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain, with ...
Spain's adoption of the peseta in 1869 and its joining the Latin Monetary Union meant the effective end of the last vestiges of the Spanish dollar in Spain itself. However, the 5-peseta coin (or duro) was slightly smaller and lighter but was also of high purity (90%) silver. In the 1990s, commemorative 2,000-peseta coins were minted, similar in ...
When the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened in northern Spain 25 years ago, architect Frank Gehry’s curvy titanium-clad building itself was as much a part of the attraction for many art lovers as ...
The Museum of History of Madrid (Spanish: Museo de Historia de Madrid)) is a history museum located on Calle de Fuencarral in downtown Madrid, Spain that chronicles the history of the city. [1] It was opened as the Museo Municipal ("Municipal Museum") in 1929, and was renamed as the Museo de Historia de Madrid in 2007. [2]
The Palau Nacional (Catalan for 'National Palace') is a building on the hill of Montjuïc in Barcelona. It was the main site of the 1929 International Exhibition. It was designed by Eugenio Cendoya and Enric Catà under the supervision of Pere Domènech i Roura. [1] Since 1934 it has been home to the National Art Museum of Catalonia.
This is a list of currency of Spain. The current currency since 2002 is the Euro. The basic and most prevalent unit of Spanish currency before the Euro was the Peseta. The first coins were minted in 1869, the last coins were minted in 2011. Peseta banknotes were first printed in 1874 and were phased out with the introduction of the Euro in 2002.