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1 Peso Banco de A. Edwards y Cia
| Issuer | Banco de A. Edwards y Cía. |
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| Year | 1878-1879 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse lettering | UNO EL BANCO DE A.EDWARDS Y CIA Pagara al portador á la vista UN PESO moneda corriente. Valparaiso, 1 de Julio de 1879. Superintendente de la Casa de la Moneda, Por el banco UNO (Translation: One The Bank of A.Edwards & Co. Will pay to bearer at sight One Peso in currency Valparaiso, July 1, 1879. Superintendent of Casa de la Moneda, by the bank) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green. The reverse is divided into three panels separated by intricate guilloche borders, with a portrait vignette in each of the two lateral panels and the word UNO in large letters within an ornate cartouche at the centre. Numeral 1 counters appear at each corner within circular lathe-work medallions. |
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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 metallic reserves. The Edwards family banking empire — built on mining and commercial wealth in Atacama — was among the most financially powerful in nineteenth-century Chile, and their notes circulated widely in the north.
Bradbury Wilkinson engraved and printed the series in London, as was standard practice for Chilean private bank issues of this period. The plates were typically reused across denominations with only the value changed.