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1 Libra Esterlina / 5 Pesos Banco de A. Edwards y Ca.

Issuer Banco de A. Edwards y Ca.
Year 1890-1899
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Obverse description Black intaglio print on green guilloche underprint. Portrait vignette of Agustín Edwards Ossandón at left, with the bank's coat of arms at lower right. Text panels carry the promise-to-pay legend and gold-weight specifications.
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EL BANCO DE A. EDWARDS Y CA.
Pagará al portador à la vista
EN VALPARAISO
UNA LIBRA ESTERLINA
EQUIVALENTES A CINCO PESOS CADA UNO DE ELLOS COMPUESTO
DE 464.476 / 1.000.000 GRAMOS DE ORO PURO Y LA LICA CORRESPONDIENTE
VALPARAISO 189_
SUPERINTENDENTE DE LA CASA MONEDA
POR EL BANCO
1
LIBRA ESTERLINA
EQUIVALENTE A CINCO PESOS DE ORO
(Translation: The Bank of A. Edwards and Co. will pay the bearer on sight, in Valparaiso, one sterling pound, equivalents of five pesos each composed of 464,476 / 1,000,000 grams of pure gold and the corresponding alloy. Superintendent of the Mint. For the bank. 1 sterling pound equivalent of five gold pesos.)
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UNA LIBRA ESTERLINA
ORO
BRADBURY, WILKINSON Y Cª GRABADORES, LONDRES
(Translation: One sterling pound. Gold. Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Engravers, London.)
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