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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de A. Edwards y Ca. |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | A. Billete No 100001 $ 2 Banco de A. Edwards y Cía. al portador á la vista por DOS PESOS Valparaíso, 2 de Enero de 1878 DOSPESOS El Banco de A. Edwards y Cía. Pagará al portador á la vista DOS PESOS Superintendente de Emisión Ser A No 100001 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in lilac, with a symmetrical design bearing two oval female portrait vignettes positioned at left and right within decorative guilloche borders. The large numeral 2 and the word DOS appear centrally in bold relief, with the inscription DOSPESOS repeated in the corner panels. A printed LONDON BANK NOTE overprint appears inverted across the centre, indicating the printer's identification. |
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Banco de A. Edwards y Cía. was the banking arm of Agustín Edwards Ossandón's commercial empire, one of the most powerful private financial houses in late-19th-century Chile. Private banks in Chile retained the right to issue their own notes until the 1925 monetary reforms under Arturo Alessandri, and the Edwards bank was among the more prolific issuers of the pre-reform period.
The London, Bank Note, & Colour Printing Company — a shorter-lived rival to the dominant Bradbury Wilkinson and Perkins Bacon firms — handled a modest but genuine share of Latin American commissions during the 1870s before fading from the market.