Catalog
20 Pesos Banco de Curicó
| Issuer | Banco de Curicó |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Currency | Peso (1835-1959) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown and centers on a large intaglio vignette of a warship engaged in the Naval Battle of Iquique, rendered with fine engraved detail and set within an ornate rectangular frame. Flanking the central scene are two large circular guilloche medallions each bearing the numeral 20, with intricate lathe-work borders filling the surrounding field. The bank name and denomination appear in bold letterpress inscriptions above and below the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE CURICO VEINTE PESOS AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK (Translation: CURICO BANK TWENTY PESOS AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK) |
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The Banco de Curicó was one of Chile's provincial free-banking era institutions, operating under the Ley de Bancos of 1860 which permitted regional banks to issue their own notes backed by metallic reserves held with the government. ABNC engraved and printed paper for dozens of Latin American clients during this period, supplying finished sheets to issuers who often lacked domestic printing infrastructure capable of the intaglio security work.
The "r" suffix in the Pick reference denotes a remainder — unissued stock, never signed or serialled, returned or retained rather than put into circulation. Curicó province was a wine and agricultural center; whether the bank ever fully distributed its authorized note supply is unclear from surviving records.