10 Pesos

Issuer	Banco Constructor Hipotecario
Year	1894
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Value	10 Pesos
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Obverse description	The obverse is oriented horizontally and divided into two sections: a plain left stub with two panels each bearing the bank's name and location (BANCO CONSTRUCTOR HIPOTECARIO / SANTIAGO) with space for serial numbers, and a richly engraved main note to the right. The central vignette presents a classical neoclassical building facade, flanked on the left by a portrait of a young woman in three-quarter view and on the right by the Chilean coat of arms supported by a condor and a huemul. The denomination DIEZ PESOS appears in a bold guilloche band at center, with SERIE A indicated in the upper corners and the text Pagará al Portador a la vista en Santiago inscribed in the upper body; a red SPECIMEN overprint and cancellation punch holes are present on this example.
Obverse lettering	EL BANCO CONSTRUCTOR HIPOTECARIO SERIE A Pagará al Portador a la vista en Santiago DIEZ PESOS moneda en Santiago, de 189 BANCO CONSTRUCTOR HIPOTECARIO SANTIAGO
Reverse description	The reverse is printed entirely in violet-purple and carries a central allegorical vignette of a seated female figure, likely representing Industry or Architecture, surrounded by tools and instruments including a surveying tripod. The denomination numeral 10 appears in large format at left and right within ornate guilloche cartouches, with the word DIEZ repeated in smaller panels at the corners and along the borders. A continuous circular legend around the central vignette reads BANCO CONSTRUCTOR HIPOTECARIO and DIEZ PESOS, all set against a fine engine-turned lathe-work underprint background.
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