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10 Pesos Banco de Santander
| Issuer | Banco de Santander |
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| Year | 1873-1900 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos (10 COP) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a coiled serpent, with the face value numeral '10' repeated at all four corners and along both sides of the central design. The bank title and promise-to-pay text are rendered in letterpress across the note body, with denomination in words along the lower register. Place of issue and date appear beneath the main text block. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Banco De Santander 10 El Banco de Santander pagará al portador á la vista en su oficina, la suma de DIEZ PESOS en moneda de Oro de 0,900, ó de oro ó plata equivalentes á esta, con el premio ó descuento corriente en la plaza Bucaramanga, 1º de Junio de 1873 DIEZ PESOS (Translation: 10 Bank of Santander 10 The Bank of Santander will pay to the bearer at sight at their office, the amount of ten Pesos in 0.900 gold currency, or equivalent gold or silver to this, with the premium or discount current on the location. Bucaramanga, June 1st, 1873 Ten Pesos) |
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Banco de Santander was one of the regional Spanish emission banks established under the 1856 banking law, which briefly allowed provincial institutions to issue their own notes before the Banco de España consolidated that privilege in 1874. This note's survival into a date range stretching to 1900 is curious — by law, private bank emission rights had already been extinguished, and outstanding notes were being withdrawn. Late dates on this series likely reflect residual redemption copies or notes held rather than actively circulated.
Perkins, Bacon & Petch had supplied engraved plates to Spanish provincial banks throughout this period, often reusing compositional elements across multiple clients.