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25 Centavos
| Issuer | El Banco Español de la Habana |
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| Year | 1872-1876 |
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| Printer | Compañía Nacional de Billetes de Banco (National Bank Note Company), New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-black intaglio on a toned paper ground, with a fine guilloche underprint bearing repeated bank name text. The upper border carries the legend VEINTE Y CINCO CENTAVOS flanking a central «25», while the left-centre vignette presents the crowned Royal Spanish coat of arms resting on a globe with maritime attributes. To the right, a large lathe-work guilloche circle encloses the numeral «25»; the main text reads EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA / A LA PRESENTACION DE ESTE BILLETE / pagará al portador / VEINTE Y CINCO CENTAVOS / en efectivo, with the date Habana 1° de Julio de 1872, a handwritten signature under the title EL DIRECTOR, and the imprint Compañía Nacional de Billetes de Banco, Nueva York along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in dark blue intaglio on a yellow-toned ground. A central oval vignette encloses an allegorical seated female figure wearing a laurel crown and holding a cornucopia of flowers, with further attributes at her feet, set against a lightly engraved landscape background. Flanking the central vignette are two large ornamental counter numerals «25» composed of interlocking scroll-work. The curved upper legend reads EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA and the lower border bears the denomination VEINTE Y CINCO CENTAVOS, all enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border. |
| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA VEINTE Y CINCO CENTAVOS |
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