200 Pesos Fuertes

Emittente	Banco Español Filipino
Anno	1883
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Valuta	Peso Fuerte (1852-1898)
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Descrizione del dritto	The obverse is framed by an ornate guilloche border with decorative rosette corners and a continuous lace-like pattern along the lateral margins. At the upper centre, an oval vignette bears the crowned arms of the Banco Español Filipino, flanked symmetrically by two oval value panels each reading 'P.F. 200'; below, two serial number fields are printed. The body of the note carries the bank name in bold letterpress, the bearer clause in Spanish, the denomination in large bold script, and the date and place of issue 'Manila, 1.º Enero 1883', with three signature lines for El Director, El Tenedor de libros, and El Cajero; the word 'SPECIMEN' is perforated across the lower portion.
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Descrizione della protezione	The word SPECIMEN is perforated through the note as a cancellation on this trial example.
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Commenti	The Banco Español Filipino was the only bank of issue in the Philippine archipelago during the Spanish colonial period, established by royal decree in 1851 and modeled explicitly on the Banco de Isabel II in Cuba. Its high-denomination notes circulated almost exclusively among the Manila merchant class and colonial administration — working populations never saw them. The 200 Pesos Fuertes was the largest denomination the bank produced, which alone limits surviving examples to a narrow institutional channel. The perforated cancellation indicates this note was formally withdrawn and voided by the bank rather than lost to circulation. Cancelled examples from this series occasionally retain full paper integrity precisely because they never circulated — the perforation was the exit point, not wear.