| Issuer | Chile |
| Year | 1898 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 1 Peso |
| Currency | Old peso (1835-1959) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 155 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#52 |
| Obverse description | Black on red-orange underprint. Portrait of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu on right, palace on center, and Chilean arms on left. Issuer name on top, face value in numbers on all four corners, and near top right corner, in letters on upper top and left, and divided by central image. Two overprinted seals on sides of central image, overprinted date on bottom. Reused banknote from P#11 of the Republic of Chile. |
| Reverse description | Green. Guilloches design, issuer name on center, face value in number above, below and to left of issuer name. Text in oval to right. Red overprinted of `EMISION FISCAL`. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 UN PESO UNO 1
REPÚBLICA DE CHILE
VALE POR
UN PESO
17 de Agosto de 1898.
convertible en oro ó plata
por el Estado conforme á la lei.
SANTIAGO
American Bank Note Co., New York (Translation: 1 One Peso One 1 Republic of Chile Worth for One Peso August 17, 1898. Convertible to gold or silver by the state, accodingly to the Law. American Bank Note Co., New York) |
| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA de CHILE
ESTE
BILLETE
ES MONEDA
LEGAL PARA
LA SOLUCION
DE TODA
ESPECIE DE
OBLIGACIONES,
CUALESQUIERA
QUE SEAN SU
FECHA I LOS
TÉRMINOS EN
QUE ESTÉN
OTORGADOS.
LEI DE 10
DE ABRIL
DE 1879.
EMISION FISCAL
LEI 1.054 DE 31 DE JULIO DE 1898 (Translation: Republic of Chile This note is legal currency to solve all kind of debts, whichever was its date and the given terms. Law from April 10th., 1879. Fiscal Emission Law of July 31, 1898) |
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| Catalog ID | 2720081510 |
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