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| Issuer | República de Chile |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Black on orange underprint. A vignette at left shows two allegorical female figures seated, one holding a caduceus, flanking a central building vignette. Portrait of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu appears at right. Two handstamps are applied: Type III 'SUPERINTENDENCIA DE LA CASA DE MONEDA' and Type IV 'CONTADURIA MAYOR'. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green. The design is composed of intricate guilloche latticework and ornamental geometric patterns filling the entire field, with numeral '1' appearing in the upper-right and lower-left corners. A central horizontal panel bears the legend 'REPUBLICA DE CHILE', while an oval medallion at right encloses the legal tender text in small letterpress. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 REPUBLICA DE CHILE ESTE BILLETE ES MONEDA LEGAL PARA LA SOLUCION DE TODA ESPECIE DE OBLIGACIONES CUALES QUIERA QUE SEAN SU FECHA I LOS TERMINOS EN QUE ESTEN OTORGADOS. LEI DE 10 DE ABRIL DE 1879. American Bank Note Company, New York (Translation: 1 Republic of Chile This banknote is legal currency for the settlement of all kinds of obligations, whatever their date and the terms in which they are granted. Law of April 10, 1879.) |
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