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25 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Agrícola Mercantil |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S110 |
| Obverse description | Black print on green and blue underprint, with a seated allegorical female figure at left, a central vignette of a woman amid tropical agricultural produce ("The Tropics No. 2"), and a vignette of farm animals at lower right. The layout is characteristic of American Bank Note Company engraving with fine guilloche border work and multi-element composition. Issuing bank name, place, date, and denomination inscriptions appear in letterpress throughout. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO FUNDADO POR LEONARDO LACAYO EM 1888 León, Nic. Nov. 6 de 1888. EL BANCO AGRICOLA MERCANTIL Pagará al portador y a la vista la cantidad de VEINTICINCO PESOS EN MOEDA ACUÑADA VEINTICINCO American Bank Note Co., New York (Translation: Bank founded by Leonardo Lacayo in 1888 León, Nic. November 6, 1888. The Mercantile Agricultural Bank will pay to the bearer and on sight the amount of Twenty Five Pesos in minted currency. American Bank Note Co., New York) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse carries the bank name and denomination in a straightforward typographic arrangement, consistent with the simplified back designs typical of American Bank Note Company issues of this period. |
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