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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper with an intricate guilloche underprint repeating the numeral '20' and denomination border around all four margins. At center, a large intaglio vignette presents two allegorical female figures in a tropical landscape with palm trees and abundant foliage. To the lower right, a portrait vignette of a clergyman in clerical collar faces left. At upper left, a circular guilloche medallion carries the denomination 'VEINTE', mirrored by a lathe-work numeral '20' disc at upper right; a further 'VEINTE' cartouche appears at lower left. The imprint of the American Bank Note Company, N.Y. is visible along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL BUENOS AIRES, ENERO 1° DE 1883 VEINTE 20 Pagará al portador y a la vista Veinte Pesos moneda NACIONAL ORO, SEGÚN LEY DE 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1881. INSPECTOR DE GOBIERNO DIRECTOR SERIE A American Bank Note Co. N.Y. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a pale grey-green tone and shows a symmetrical lathe-work design centered on a large oval guilloche medallion carrying the numeral '20'. Flanking the central oval are two rectangular panels with fine engine-turned geometric patterns, and four corner medallions repeat the numeral '20' in bold relief. The inscriptions 'EL BANCO' and 'NACIONAL' appear in mirror-image orientation flanking the central numeral, consistent with the back-printing convention of the period. |
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