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25 Soles
| Issuer | Banco de Londres Mexico y Sud America |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Currency | Sol (1863-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black with an orange-red underprint. A large vignette at the upper left shows a pastoral scene with horses and mules being led along a mountain path. To the lower right, an oval portrait vignette presents a young girl holding a dog. The bank title 'BANCO DE LONDRES MEXICO Y SUD AMERICA' runs across the upper field in bold letterpress, with the denomination 'VEINTE Y CINCO SOLES' inscribed centrally, and manuscript date and place of issue 'Lima' visible in the upper right area. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE LONDRES MEXICO Y SUD AMERICA VEINTE Y CINCO SOLES Pagará a la vista al portador en efectivo 25 DIRECTOR GERENTE |
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The Banco de Londres México y Sud América was the first bank formally authorized to issue paper currency in Peru, receiving its concession in 1863. This note predates Peru's catastrophic War of the Pacific by nearly a decade — a conflict that would effectively destroy the country's banking system and render most Peruvian private bank issues worthless by the early 1880s.
ABNC's work for South American clients in this period was among the finest intaglio printing available anywhere, and Peruvian collectors have long regarded the surviving Londres issues as the benchmark for pre-war private emission quality. Attrition from the war years was severe.