Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de A. Edwards y Cía. |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE A. EDWARDS Y Cª Pagará al Portador a la vista Moneda UN PESO Corriente Valparaíso, Julio 2 de 1877 Serie B BILLETE Nº por Un Peso BANCO de A. EDWARDS Y Cª SUPERINTENDENTE de la Casa de Moneda |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and carries a central guilloche medallion with the numeral 1 at left and right, flanking the large inscription UN PESO in bold serif letters at centre, all set within an ornate lathe-work border of interlocking guilloche patterns; the overall design is simple and monochromatic, relying entirely on the geometric underprint for security. |
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Banco de A. Edwards y Cía. was one of the private Chilean banks authorized to issue currency under the 1860 Ley de Bancos, which allowed commercial houses to print their own notes provided they maintained a specie reserve. The Edwards family banking operation was among the most powerful financial institutions in nineteenth-century Chile, with interests spanning mining, agriculture, and foreign trade — the bank's notes circulated with a degree of trust that purely provincial issuers rarely commanded.
Private bank note issues in Chile were terminated by the 1925 monetary reforms that established the Banco Central. Notes from 1872 predate the monetary turbulence of the War of the Pacific by nearly a decade.