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20 Pesos German-Belgian Bank of River Plate
| Issuer | Banco Aleman Belga del Rio de la Plata |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, an allegorical female figure in classical dress wears a helmet and holds a spear bearing a flag in her right hand and a shield in her left, serving as the central vignette. A modified Uruguayan coat of arms appears to the right. The issuer's name is inscribed across the top, with the face value expressed in numerals and words at center, the place and date of issue below, a manuscript serial number to the left of the denomination, and the printer's imprint with the word SPECIMEN at the base; the note bears punch-hole cancellation. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in yellow-gold on plain paper and is dominated by an oval guilloche at center bearing the denomination in words, surrounded by an ornate lathe-work border with floral and foliate motifs. The numeral 20 appears in each of the four corners within the decorative underprint framework. A vertical punch-hole cancellation perforates the center of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 VEINTE (Translation: 20 Twenty) |
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