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1 Real de Inca
| Issuer | Banco de la Compañía General del Perú |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Currency | Real (1822-1863) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central oval vignette with a portrait of José Gálvez set against a harbour scene with sailing vessels and a lighthouse, inscribed JOSÉ GALVEZ below. To the right, the denomination numeral 1 appears within an ornate guilloche panel, while the bank title EL BANCO DE LA COMPAÑÍA GENERAL DEL PERÚ is printed in bold letterpress across the upper portion. The value UN SOL is stated in large script below, with the place of issue Lima and two manuscript signature lines completing the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA COMPAÑÍA GENERAL DEL PERÚ UN SOL JOSÉ GALVEZ Lima GERENTE |
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Banco de la Compañía General del Perú was a short-lived commercial bank caught directly in the path of the War of the Pacific. By 1881, Chilean forces occupied Lima, the Peruvian government had collapsed, and most banking institutions had either suspended operations or fled the capital. Notes issued in this period existed in a legal and commercial vacuum — there was no functioning state to back them, and no guarantee anyone would accept them.
Pick 11 is among the rarest survivors from this bank's brief existence. The combination of wartime disruption and the bank's subsequent failure meant most notes were never redeemed and simply disappeared from the record.