New York — In many respects, Spain’s central bank was playing catch-up the minute it was founded in 1782 — nearly 100 years after the Bank of England.
From another angle, though, Spain’s Banco de San Carlos, which subsequently became the Banco de España, was ahead of its time: it ranks as having one of the world’s first corporate art collections...
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