Catalog
1 Sol
| Issuer | Banco Anglo-Peruano |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Horizontal format note with the bank title EL BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO arched across the upper field in bold letterpress. A heraldic shield vignette occupies the left panel, while the numeral "1" appears in ornate guilloche panels at both the left and right margins. The central panel carries the denomination UN SOL within an oval reserve, below which the date Lima, Julio 1 de 1875 is printed in italic script, with two directorial signatures appearing along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO PAGARÁ al portador a la vista UN SOL en moneda corriente Lima, Julio 1 de 1875 DIRECTORES Serie A |
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The Banco Anglo-Peruano was one of several private commercial banks operating in Peru under the liberal banking law of 1873, which permitted note issuance without requiring full specie backing. That arrangement collapsed spectacularly when the War of the Pacific broke out in 1879 — the bank suspended convertibility along with most of its peers, and the Peruvian government eventually nationalized or liquidated the private issuing banks during the early 1880s.
Notes of this series surviving from before that crisis are uncommon. The 1 Sol denomination saw the heaviest day-to-day use and suffered accordingly.