2 Soles

Issuer	Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America
Year	1866
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Obverse description	Black intaglio print on white paper with orange guilloche underprint carrying the denomination numeral '2' at each upper corner. The upper centre bears a horizontal vignette of a combined pastoral and maritime scene, framed within a central oval by a female allegorical portrait, flanked below left by a vignette of a young girl and below right by a rural two-figure vignette; the bank title 'BANCO DE LONDRES MEXICO Y SUD AMERICA' arches across the top, with 'DOS SOLES' in bold letterpress at centre and the place of issue 'LIMA' overprinted in red.
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Reverse description	Printed entirely in blue, the reverse is structured around three large interlocking rosette medallions executed in fine guilloche lathe-work, each centred on the denomination numeral '2'; the band of the central medallion carries the inscription 'BANCO DE LONDRES MEXICO Y SUD AMERICA' in small lettering, and the whole composition is enclosed within a scalloped floral border with the numeral '2' repeated at each corner.
Reverse lettering	BANCO DE LONDRES MEXICO Y SUD AMERICA 2
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