8 Soles

El Banco La Providencia was one of several private commercial banks chartered in Peru during the late 1860s credit expansion, a period when the government was liberalizing banking law and Lima's merchant class was moving aggressively into note-issuing institutions. The bank itself had a short operational life — Peruvian private banking collapsed badly in the 1870s, accelerated by the fiscal strain preceding the War of the Pacific, and most of these early provincial and Lima-based issuers were either absorbed or simply ceased operations.

The 8 Soles denomination is an odd choice, and that alone makes this note worth attention.