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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Anglo-Peruano |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Reverse description | Dark intaglio-printed reverse with a central oval vignette pairing the British royal coat of arms at left and a pastoral Andean landscape with llamas and a tree at right, the two ovals joined beneath a globe, all within an elaborate engine-turned frame. The bank title "BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO" runs in a straight serif banner across the top, and the denomination "CINCUENTA CENTAVOS" appears in a straight panel along the lower centre. Large numeral "50" counters in reverse relief anchor both lateral margins, surrounded by intricate guilloche lathe-work. The imprint of the National Bank Note Company, New York is present in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO CINCUENTA CENTAVOS 50 National Bank Note Company, New York |
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The Banco Anglo-Peruano was a British-backed commercial bank operating in Lima during the brief window of Peruvian financial expansion before the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) collapsed the country's economy. Notes of this series were rendered effectively worthless by the war and the currency chaos that followed, making survival in any condition genuinely uncommon.
The National Bank Note Company printed this in New York — the same firm responsible for early U.S. federal issues before the Bureau of Engraving and Printing consolidated government work. Their South American commercial contracts in this period were substantial.