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100 Pesos Banco de D.Matte y Ca.
| Issuer | Banco de D. Matte y Cía. |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 CIEN BANCO DE D.MATTE Y CA. PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA EN SANTIAGO CIEN PESOS MONEDA CORRIENTE Superintendente de la Casa de Moneda American Bank Note Co. New York (Translation: One hundred. Bank of D.Matte & Co. will pay to bearer at sight in Santiago one hundred pesos in current currency. Superintendent of the Mint.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in orange-ochre intaglio. Dense, interlocking guilloche lacework fills the entire field, with two circular denomination counters bearing "100" at left and right. A central horizontal cartouche carries the bank title in bold serif lettering, radiating fine lathe-work surrounds. Printer's imprint appears at top and bottom margins. |
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Banco de D. Matte y Cía. was one of several private Chilean banks empowered to issue notes under the 1860 Ley de Bancos, which allowed chartered institutions to circulate paper backed by metallic reserves deposited with the government. Domingo Matte's bank operated during the turbulent final decade of Chilean private banking — the 1898 Ley de Conversión effectively ended the era of competing private issues, consolidating circulation under state control.
ABNC handled numerous South American private bank commissions in this period, producing plates of consistent quality that outlasted many of the institutions that ordered them.