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| 正面描述 | Central vignette of an allegorical female figure seated amid maritime and agricultural implements, printed in dark blue-black intaglio on white paper with ornate guilloche border. The denomination "XX" appears in the upper-left corner and "20" in the upper-right, with "Veinte Soles" inscribed in large letters to either side of the central vignette. Date "LIMA JUNIO 30 DE 1879" is printed at the lower center, with the imprint of the American Bank Note Co., N.Y. below, and manuscript signatures appear across the lower portion of the note. |
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| 背面描述 | Printed entirely in dark blue-grey intaglio, the reverse is dominated by a large central numeral "20" within an ornate lathe-work oval cartouche flanked by the text "REPÚBLICA DEL PERÚ" in bold block letters. A vignette of the Peruvian coat of arms — with llama, cinchona tree, and cornucopia — occupies the left panel, while the Roman numeral "XX" is set within a guilloche panel at right. The denomination "Veinte Soles" and numeral "20" are repeated in the top and bottom borders, and the printer's imprint "American Bank Note Company, New York" appears at the lower center. |
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Peru's 1879 issue arrived at the worst possible moment — the country entered the War of the Pacific against Chile and Bolivia that same year, and the financial strain of that conflict would eventually collapse the sol entirely. The American Bank Note Company had been supplying Peruvian currency since the early 1870s, and this note belongs to a short-lived series whose circulation was overtaken by emergency fiscal paper and, ultimately, military defeat.
By 1881, Chilean forces occupied Lima. Much of the currency infrastructure was disrupted, and redemption of pre-war notes became effectively impossible for most holders.