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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de Concepción |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S176 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE CONCEPCION Concepcion, Chile, Enero de 18 PAGARA AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA, EN CONCEPCION UN PESO EN MONEDA CORRIENTE SUBINTENDENTE DE LA CASA DE MONEDA Contador Director Gerente American Bank Note Co. New York |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE CHILE EL BANCO DE CONCEPCION CONCEPCION AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK |
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Banco de Concepción was one of several Chilean provincial banks authorized under the 1860 Ley de Bancos, which allowed private institutions to issue their own circulating notes — a decentralized arrangement that persisted until the Banco Central de Chile consolidated issuance authority in the 1920s. The American Bank Note Company handled engraving and printing for a number of these Chilean provincial issuers during the latter half of the 19th century, often supplying high-security intaglio work that local printers could not match.
Concepción, the issuing city, was the commercial hub of Chile's southern provinces, giving this note a genuine regional circulation role rather than merely a nominal one.