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| 正面描述 | Central vignette of a seated female allegory pouring water from an urn, flanked on each side by train vignettes evoking commerce and industry. The country name arches across the top, with the face value expressed in both letters and numerals — Arabic and Roman — within the surrounding text block. The note is dated Lima, June 30, 1879, and bears the imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New York. |
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| 背面描述 | The country name is split across the upper and lower margins, framing a central panel in which the face value appears in Arabic numerals and Roman numerals at center, with the denomination in letters repeated on both lateral sides. The overall layout is symmetrical, relying on typographic composition rather than pictorial vignettes, with the printer's imprint at the base. |
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Peru's fiscal position in 1879 was already precarious when the War of the Pacific broke out in April of that year, forcing the government to issue paper currency it could not back with silver. This 2 Soles note was part of an emergency emission authorized under that wartime pressure — the Peruvian treasury would continue printing throughout the conflict, driving the notes toward rapid depreciation as Chilean forces advanced north.
The American Bank Note Company was the dominant supplier of intaglio-printed currency to Latin American governments throughout the 19th century, and Peru had an established relationship with the firm well before this series.