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| Issuer | Banco Anglo-Peruano |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress printing on a red guilloche underprint. The bank name arches across the top, with the face value numeral flanking both sides; the promise-to-pay text and place and date of issue appear at centre, with red serial numbers at right. The printer's imprint is set along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 40 EL BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO Pagará á la vista y al portador Cuarenta Centavos en moneda corriente. Lima é Iquique, Julio 1º de 1875. DIRECTORES Compañía Nacional de Billetes de Banco Nueva York (Translation: The Anglo-Peruvian Bank will pay at sight to bearer Forty Cents in circulating currency. Lima and Iquique, July 1st, 1875. Directors. National Bank Note Company, New York.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red, the reverse is dominated by two central heraldic vignettes side by side: at left, the Royal Arms of Great Britain rendered in fine intaglio engraving; at right, the coat of arms of Peru. The denomination numeral "40" appears in guilloche panels at both lateral margins, the bank name is inscribed on a ribbon cartouche at the top, and the full denomination in words runs across the lower panel, with the printer's imprint below. |
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