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| Issuer | Banco Español de la Habana |
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| Year | 1869-1975 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, USA |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and blue, the obverse carries a richly composed central vignette of a sailing ship entering Havana harbor before the Morro Castle, flanked by two seated allegorical female figures, one holding a cornucopia and the other a staff. Surrounding vignettes include a tobacco plant, palm trees, a sugar mill with smokestacks, and oxen hauling a cart laden with sugar cane, all executed in the fine intaglio style characteristic of American Bank Note Company production. Denomination panels reading '25' appear at corners, with the full text of the bearer obligation in Spanish across the note face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 EL BANCO ESPAÑOL DE LA HABANA á la presentación de este billete pagará al portador VEINTE Y CINCO pesos fuertes en efectivo. Habana, 14 de Agosto de 1869. (Translation: The Spanish Bank of Havana Upon presentation of this note, the bearer will be paid Twenty-Five Pesos Fuertes in cash. Havana, August 14, 1869.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain, printed on unadorned yellowish-tan paper, bearing only a centrally applied circular violet control stamp with the denomination numeral '25' at its centre and a surrounding legend warning against falsification, applied post-printing as an administrative validation mark. |
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