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| Issuer | Banco Potosí |
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| Year | 1887 |
| Type | Specimen |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Cerro Rico de Potosí with a town view below, flanked by two denomination panels reading "100" on orange guilloche underprint. Portrait of Simón Bolívar in uniform appears at upper right. Date "SUCRE ENERO 1° DE 1887" inscribed at top center, with "SPECIMEN" overprint in red across the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of miners at work inside a mine shaft, with four figures using tools and a chest in the foreground, rendered in fine engraving on an orange guilloche underprint. Denomination panels "100" appear at left and right. Inscriptions "BANCO" and "POTOSÍ" frame the vignette above and below respectively. Specimen punch holes visible. |
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| Variants | P#S226s - Specimen |
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