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20 Centavos Banco Anglo-Peruano
| Issuer | Banco Anglo-Peruano |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is dominated by an elaborate guilloche border with the bank name EL BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO across the top. Two large numeral 20 counters in ornate oval frames flank the central text panel, which bears the promise-to-pay legend and denomination VEINTE CENTAVOS in bold letterpress, with the issue place and date Lima e Iquique, Julio 1° de 1875 below. Two manuscript director signatures appear beneath the DIRECTORES line, with a red serial number at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO 20 Pagará a la vista 20 VEINTE CENTAVOS en moneda corriente. Lima é Iquique Julio 1°. de 1875. DIRECTORES Compañía Nacional de Billetes de Banco Nueva York. (Translation: The Anglo-Peruvian Bank 20 Will pay 20 Twenty Centavos To the bearer. Lima and Iquique July 1st 1875. Directors National Bank Note Company New York.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries the Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom placed alongside the Peruvian Coat of Arms at centre, both shields rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The denomination numeral 20 and the inscription VEINTE CENTAVOS repeat around the shields in a symmetrical layout, with the bank name and printer imprint forming the outer border legend. |
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