10 Pesos 1 Condor - provisional issue

Issuer	Banco Central de Chile
Year	1925
Type	Standard circulation banknote
Value	Log in to see details
Currency	Log in to see details
Composition	Log in to see details
Size	Log in to see details
Shape	Log in to see details
Printer	Log in to see details
Designer(s)	Log in to see details
Engraver(s)	Log in to see details
In circulation to	Log in to see details
Reference(s)	Log in to see details

Obverse description	Brown on white paper, retaining the engraved vignette of the underlying Republica de Chile state issue — a seated allegorical female figure holding a shield at left — with a circular overprinted seal of the Banco Central de Chile at right. Multiple typographic overprints assert the new monetary authority: the bank name at top, the revalued denomination in Condores below the original peso figure, a bar overprint cancelling the "por el Estado" clause, and the legend "BILLETE PROVISIONAL" across the centre. The issuing date of 10 December 1925 is overprinted at centre, completing the conversion of the original state note to a provisional central bank emission.
Obverse lettering	BANCO CENTRAL DE CHILE REPUBLICA DE CHILE DIEZ PESOS Un Condor ORO BILLETE PROVISIONAL VALE POR DIEZ PESOS Convertibles en Oro por el Estado (with bar overprint) conforme a la lei SANTIAGO 10 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1925 (Translation: Central Bank of Chile Republic of Chile Ten Pesos One Condor Gold Provisional note Worth Ten Pesos Convertible by the State (bar overprinted) according to the Law Santiago December 10th., 1925)
Reverse description	Printed in green on white paper, the reverse is composed entirely of intricate lathe-work guilloche patterns arranged symmetrically across the field. A large central oval medallion framed by elaborate scrollwork and foliate ornaments is flanked at left by a circular guilloche rosette and at right by a scalloped panel bearing the large numeral "10". The denomination legend "DIEZ PESOS" appears in cartouches at the top and bottom of the central medallion, with the printer's imprint "IMP. FISCAL CHILE" in small capitals along the lower margin.
Reverse lettering	Log in to see details
Signature(s)	Log in to see details
Protection type	Log in to see details
Protection description	Log in to see details
Variants	Log in to see details
Comments	Log in to see details