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1/2 Sol
| Emittent | Banco La Providencia |
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| Jahr | 1872 |
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| Form | Rectangular |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Black on light paper with green underprint. The bank title 'EL BANCO LA PROVIDENCIA' arches across the top, flanked by the fractional denomination '1/2' in ornate cartouches at left and right. A central vignette displays a caduceus with laurel wreath, surrounded by intricate guilloche work, with the large text 'MEDIO SOL' as an underprint across the centre. The imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New York appears at the lower border, with 'PERU' repeated in the top margin and 'MEDIO SOL' repeated along the bottom margin. |
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| Rückseitenlegende | MEDIO SOL American Bank Note Co. New York |
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| Anmerkungen |
Banco La Providencia was one of several private Peruvian banks authorized to issue notes following the 1862 banking law, which briefly opened the field to commercial note issue before the state moved to consolidate control. The half-sol denomination is the smallest in this series and was aimed squarely at everyday retail transactions — a market that silver coin was supposed to serve but chronically failed to supply in sufficient quantity.
ABNC produced the plates in New York, as they did for most of the Peruvian private bank issues of this period. The bank itself did not survive the War of the Pacific; Chilean occupation and the economic collapse of 1879–1884 wiped out most of Lima's private banking sector entirely.