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20 Pesos
| Issuer | El Banco Español Filipino |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Reference(s) | P#3 |
| Obverse description | A vignette at left depicts an allegorical female figure in traditional dress, holding a sheaf of grain, rendered in fine intaglio against an ornate guilloche border. The bank title is inscribed in bold letterpress at upper centre, with the denomination VEINTE PESOS in large block letters below, and a red circular seal appears at right. The note bears the date Manila, P.I., 1° Enero, 1908, along with two manuscript signature lines for El Tenedor de Libros and El Director, and a serial number in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ESPAÑOL FILIPINO PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR VEINTE PESOS 20 MANILA, P.I., 1° ENERO, 1908 EL TENEDOR DE LIBROS EL DIRECTOR (Translation: The Spanish-Filipino Bank will pay the bearer twenty pesos, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1st January 1908, The Bookkeeper, The Director) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a warm golden-brown tone with a large central cartouche framed by elaborate foliate and scroll guilloche ornaments. The bank name and denomination are repeated in three bold lines within the cartouche, with the legend VEINTE PESOS also appearing in smaller text in the upper and lower border panels. Numeral 20 vignettes appear at left and right within the decorative framework. |
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