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1 Peso El Banco de Centro America y Londres
| Issuer | El Banco de Centro America y Londres |
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| Year | 1895-1899 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S131 |
| Obverse description | Black and red letterpress print over green and brown guilloche underprint, with blue serial numbers. At the left vignette, a portrait of Christopher Columbus; at right, an allegorical vignette of Liberty holding a flag. The design is executed in a refined engraved style typical of late 19th-century Waterlow & Sons production. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in brown, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche framework with star and diamond geometric motifs throughout. At center, a circular medallion contains the elaborate interlaced monogram cypher of the London Bank of Central America Limited, surrounded by the bank's name in a circular legend reading LONDON BANK OF CENTRAL AMERICA LIMITED / SALVADOR BRANCH. Numeral 1 counters appear in guilloche roundels at left and right, with UNO in each corner. A large red overprint ORO (gold) is applied across the lower half, and the printer's imprint of Waterlow & Sons, Londres, Inglaterra appears at the bottom center. |
| Reverse lettering | LONDON BANK OF CENTRAL AMERICA LIMITED SALVADOR BRANCH UNO UN PESO ORO Waterlow & Sons, Ld Londres, Inglaterra |
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