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10 Centavos Banco de Trujillo
| Issuer | Banco de Trujillo |
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| Year | 1876 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TRUJILLO, á 1º de MAYO de 1876 10 10 EL BANCO DE TRUJILLO Pagará á la vista al portador DIEZ CENTAVOS DIEZ CENTAVOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE (Translation: Trujillo, on May 1st., 1876 10 10 The Bank of Trujillo Will pay on sight to the bearer Ten cents ten cents in common currency) |
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| Reverse lettering | FUNDADO EN 1871 BANCO DE DIEZ 10 DIEZ TRUJILLO (Translation: Founded on 1871 Bank of Ten 10 ten Trujillo) |
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The Banco de Trujillo was one of several short-lived regional banks that emerged under Peru's 1873 banking law, which briefly permitted private note-issuing institutions outside Lima. The bank operated in La Libertad department, serving the northern coastal economy built largely around sugar haciendas. By the late 1870s, the War of the Pacific and Peru's subsequent financial collapse had effectively ended most provincial banking activity.
American Bank Note Company handled the printing — their standard contract work for Peruvian provincial issuers during this period. At the 10 centavos denomination, this note would have functioned as small change in everyday transactions, a level of circulation that leaves survivors in poor condition more often than not.