Catalogus
| Uitgever | Banco La Providencia |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1877 |
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| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse is printed in blue-green tones on white paper. At upper centre, a pastoral vignette shows llamas and figures in an Andean landscape, flanked by the denomination numeral '500' in large ornate lettering at each upper corner. At lower left, a classical allegorical female figure is seated with children, rendered in intaglio style; at lower right, a caduceus vignette appears within a guilloche frame. The central panel carries the bank title 'EL BANCO LA PROVIDENCIA' in bold letterpress, with the payable inscription and 'QUINIENTOS SOLES' below, above two manuscript signatures and a small oval seal. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | PERU EL BANCO LA PROVIDENCIA PAGARA A LA VISTA QUIINIENTOS SOLES LIMA DIRECTOR JENERAL GERENTE JENERAL |
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| Opmerkingen |
Banco La Providencia was a private Peruvian commercial bank operating under the relatively liberal banking legislation of the early 1870s, which briefly allowed a proliferation of note-issuing institutions before the War of the Pacific and subsequent state interventions collapsed most of them. The American Bank Note Company handled the engraving and printing — a standard choice for South American private banks of this period seeking credibility through association with a prestigious North American security printer.
At 500 soles, this is a high-denomination instrument, almost certainly used for interbank settlement or large commercial transactions rather than retail circulation. Surviving examples are rare for exactly that reason.