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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de Sopetrán |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on pink-tinted paper and divided into three vertical panels. The left panel carries a vignette of a standing female figure in classical dress. The central panel bears the bank title EL BANCO DE SOPETRÁN in bold letterpress, below which the promise-to-pay text reads Pagará al portador y á la vista la cantidad de UN PESO de ley en monedas corrientes, with a date line and spaces for El Gerente and El Cajero signatures. The right panel contains a circular vignette of a bull's head, with the numeral 1 above, all framed within ornate guilloche borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE SOPETRÁN Nº Pagará al portador y á la vista la cantidad de UN PESO de ley en monedas corrientes Sopetrán: de 18 EL GERENTE EL CAJERO |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red on plain paper with a central oval portrait vignette of a classical male bust set within an elaborate guilloche frame. The word PESO appears in large letters to both the left and right of the central vignette, each flanked by the numeral 1 within ornamental cartouches. The entire design is enclosed within a repeating guilloche border. This example bears a perforated SPECIMEN / B.W.&Co. / LONDON overprint across the lower centre. |
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