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10 Libras Esterlinas / 50 Pesos Banco de A. Edwards y Ca.
| Issuer | Banco de A. Edwards y Ca. |
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| Year | 1890-1899 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on brown underprint. Portrait vignette of Agustín Edwards Ossandón at left, with the national coat of arms at lower right. Bilingual denomination text in Spanish specifies the gold content equivalence of ten sterling pounds to fifty pesos. |
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| Reverse description | Brown intaglio print on plain paper. The design is dominated by two large £10 numerals within ornate guilloche panels at left and right, each flanked by the word ORO at top and bottom. A central cartouche bears the word DIEZ in bold letters, with LIBRAS ESTERLINAS arching above and below in decorative lettering. |
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Banco de A. Edwards y Ca. was one of the more powerful private banks operating in Chile during the free banking period — Agustín Edwards Ross had built the institution into a significant commercial force, with strong ties to nitrate and mining interests in the north. The dual denomination, Libras Esterlinas alongside Pesos, reflects the practical reality of a Chilean economy where sterling-denominated contracts were common in the export trades.
Bradbury Wilkinson's intaglio work from this period was among the finest available to South American issuers. The firm handled numerous Chilean private bank commissions through the 1880s and 1890s, often sharing plate elements across clients — worth noting when authenticating this series.