Catalog
20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco San Fernando |
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| Year | 1891-1899 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO SAN FERNANDO COLCHAGUA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA en San Fernando VEINTE PESOS moneda corriente. AUTORIZADO POR LA CASA DE MONEDA. American Bank Note Co. N.Y. 20 |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown, the reverse is dominated by an intricate geometric guilloche pattern covering the entire field, with rosette medallions at the four corners and repeating meander-style border ornaments. The bank title "BANCO SAN FERNANDO" appears in letterpress across the upper centre, flanked by numeral "20" counters at left and right around a central blank panel, with the vertical legend "Veinte Pesos" along the left margin. The American Bank Note Company imprint is placed at the lower centre. |
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Banco San Fernando was one of several Chilean private banks authorized to issue notes under the 1860 Ley de Bancos, and this 20 Pesos belongs to the final decade of that free-banking arrangement. The Chilean government moved to end private note issue entirely in 1898, consolidating currency authority under the Banco de la República — which means any note dated toward the end of this series' range was circulating right at the close of an era when a dozen competing bank notes were still in simultaneous use across the country.
ABNC printed the bulk of Chilean private bank paper during this period, often sharing plate elements across multiple client banks.