A Big thanks to my friend Gill for this addition to the spain portfolio !! it is a 1000 peseta note. although this note has the 1992 date on it, it wasn't issued until 1996. On the front is Hernán Cortés, the spanish conquistador who led the expedition that led to the downfall of the Aztec civilisation. On the reverse is Francisco Pizarro, another conquistador who tried to do the same to the Incas as his distant cousin , Cortés, had done to the Aztecs. Pizarro founded the city of Lima in Peru.
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Documentary about the Aztec empire (43 mins long)
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