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| Issuer | Banco Herediano |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Value | 25 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on a cream-toned paper ground, with the bank title EL BANCO HEREDIANO in bold letterpress across the upper portion and the denomination 25 in a decorative panel at the upper right. At the left stands a classical allegorical female figure in intaglio, robed and holding a staff with an eagle finial, while a smaller vignette at the lower right presents a winged angelic figure in a similar engraved style. The central text reads Pagará al portador, á la vista, Veinte y Cinco Pesos en moneda acuñada, with the place of issue Heredia and the manuscript date de Mayo de 1881 inscribed below, accompanied by two manuscript signatures above the printed titles GERENTE and PRESIDENTE. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially plain, printed on light cream paper with a fine guilloche border frame, and bears the large embossed or typeset denomination legend VEINTE Y CINCO in bold capitals across the centre. Four evenly spaced cancellation punch holes are visible along the lower portion of the note, indicating a cancelled or redeemed specimen. |
| Reverse lettering | VEINTE Y CINCO |
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