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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco de Trujillo |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Currency | Sol (1863-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on a pink guilloche underprint. A central intaglio vignette presents a seated dog beside a safe or cabinet, rendered in fine engraved detail. The bank title 'EL BANCO DE TRUJILLO' is set in bold lettering across the upper register, flanked by the numeral '50' at each corner with the abbreviation 'CENT.' The lower portion carries manuscript-style text reading 'TRUJILLO... Pagará a la vista al portador CINCUENTA CENTAVOS en moneda corriente', along with a printed serial number. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE TRUJILLO 50 CENT. TRUJILLO Pagará a la vista al portador CINCUENTA CENTAVOS en moneda corriente |
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The Banco de Trujillo was one of several regional private banks chartered in Peru during the 1870s and early 1880s under legislation that briefly encouraged note-issuing banks outside Lima. The 1879 outbreak of the War of the Pacific devastated that experiment — Chilean occupation of Peruvian territory and the near-total collapse of government finances brought most provincial banks to ruin within a few years of this note's issue date.
ABNC's involvement was typical for Latin American regional issuers of the period seeking to deter counterfeiting through intaglio work unavailable domestically. Whether significant quantities of this denomination actually reached circulation before the bank failed is unclear from surviving records.