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| Issuer | Banco de Circulación y Descuento de Manuel Antonio de Luzarraga |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-tinted note with an elaborate engraved border of interlocking geometric guilloche work. A central vignette depicts a standing allegorical female figure in a tropical landscape flanked by two large rosette medallions bearing the numeral '1'. At lower left, an intaglio male portrait bust faces three-quarters right, and at lower right, a female portrait bust faces left; both are rendered in fine intaglio. The issuer's name 'Manuel Antonio de Luzarraga' appears in large script lettering across the centre, with the place name 'GUAYAQUIL' and the denomination 'UN PESO' inscribed in the lower central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco de circulacion y descuento de Manuel Antonio de Luzarraga GUAYAQUIL UN PESO Pagaré al portador á la vista la cantidad de Un Peso en efectivo Guayaquil American Bank Note Co. New York |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse on cream-coloured paper stock, bearing no design elements or inscriptions. Four cancellation punch holes are visible along the lower portion of the note. |
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