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5 Pesos W&S print
| Issuer | República de Chile |
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| Year | 1899-1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black on brown underprint, reduced format relative to earlier issues. Portrait vignette of General Ramón Freire at right, a village landscape vignette at upper left, and a plumed heraldic shield at centre right. Issued with various handstamp varieties; printed by Waterlow & Sons, London. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red-orange, the reverse is composed of dense engine-turned guilloche work arranged symmetrically. A central diamond-shaped panel carries the bold inscription REPÚBLICA DE CHILE flanked by the numeral 5 above and below, while large circular rosette medallions with the numeral 5 in script occupy the left and right fields. Four ornate lozenge-shaped guilloche cartouches fill the corners, and the printer's imprint appears at the lower left and lower right margins. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 REPÚBLICA DE CHILE 5 Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, England (Translation: Republic of Chile Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, England) |
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