Catalog
1 Sol
| Issuer | Banco de Tacna |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is arranged in a horizontal format with a central vignette of a rural landscape with trees and a building set within an oval frame, flanked on the left and right by allegorical female portrait vignettes. The denomination numeral '1' appears in ornate cartouches at each upper corner, with serial numbers printed in black below. The text 'EL BANCO DE TACNA' arches across the top in bold letterpress, and the lower register bears manuscript signatures above the titles 'Director-Gerente' and 'Contador'. A large red overprint reading 'EN DOMICILIO A PAR / BOLIVIANOS' is applied diagonally across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE TACNA Nº 094900 pagará á la vista al portador UN SOL en moneda corriente Director-Gerente Contador EN DOMICILIO A PAR BOLIVIANOS |
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The Banco de Tacna operated in one of the most disputed territories in South American history. Tacna was ceded to Chile after the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) and remained under Chilean administration until 1929, when it was finally returned to Peru following the Treaty of Lima. A bank issuing notes denominated in Peruvian soles while the city itself was governed by Chile makes this a genuinely unusual piece of monetary geography — the institution was Peruvian in identity, Chilean in jurisdiction.
Pick lists this as a very scarce issue, and given the bank's constrained operating environment, that scarcity is unsurprising.