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4 Reales

Issuer Tesoreria y Aduana Unidas de Valdivia
Year 1840-1844
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description The face bears two official dry stamps applied at the top: one of the Intendencia de Valdivia and one of the Tesoreria y Aduana Unidas de Valdivia, accompanied by manuscript authorizing signatures and a hand-applied "MM" control stamp. The note is a typeset letterpress issue on plain paper with handwritten dating and denomination inscriptions.
Obverse lettering 1840 Vale Cuatro Reales Cuatro
(Translation: 1840 Worth Four Reales Four)
Reverse description The reverse is otherwise plain aged paper bearing a single circular official stamp of the Tesoreria y Aduana Unidas de Valdivia, centrally positioned in the lower half, with a heraldic eagle vignette at its center and the legend around the circumference reading "TESORERIA Y ADUANA UNIDAS DE VALDIVIA * CHILE *". A faint manuscript signature appears to the left of the stamp.
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