10 Centavos Banco de Trujillo

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.