Catalog
10 Pesos Banco del Ñuble
| Issuer | Banco del Ñuble |
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| Year | 1890 |
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| Currency | Old peso (1835-1959) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown intaglio. A central circular vignette encloses a seated female figure in peasant dress holding a large sheaf of wheat, symbolizing agricultural abundance. The denomination is indicated by the numeral "10" at left and the Roman numeral "X" at right, flanking the central vignette, with the bank name and country title arching above and below within an elaborate guilloche border incorporating shell and geometric motifs at the corners. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DEL ÑUBLE 10 REPÚBLICA DE CHILE (Translation: Bank of Ñuble 10 Republic of Chile) |
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Banco del Ñuble was one of several provincial Chilean banks authorized under the 1860 Ley de Bancos, issuing its own notes backed by gold deposits held with the government. The ABNC printed for dozens of Latin American provincial issuers during this period, and the Ñuble notes share plate stock and border work with other Chilean provincial series of the same decade — distinguishing them by issuer rather than design family is the real collector challenge here.
The bank lost its right of issue following Chile's 1898 banking reforms, which consolidated note-issuing authority and forced redemption of all outstanding provincial paper.