Catalog
50 Soles
| Issuer | Banco de Tacna |
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| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a classical allegorical vignette rendered in fine intaglio engraving presents a seated female figure accompanied by a recumbent lion and associated symbolic attributes. The bank title 'EL BANCO DE TACNA' arches in bold cursive lettering across the upper centre, beneath which the bearer promise text and denomination 'CINCUENTA SOLES en moneda corriente' appear in ornate letterpress. The numeral '50' is set within an elaborate lathe-work guilloche medallion to the right, with serial numbers printed in the upper and lower right areas and signature lines for the Director Gerente and Contador positioned at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE TACNA pagará al portador a la vista CINCUENTA SOLES en moneda corriente Director Gerente Contador |
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The Banco de Tacna was a regional Peruvian institution operating in the contested Tacna-Arica territory — a strip of the Pacific coast seized by Chile during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) and not returned to Peru until 1929. Any note issued by this bank circulated under Chilean military occupation, a fact that complicates the issuing authority's status in ways that standard catalog shorthand doesn't convey.
Documentation on the bank's precise operating dates and redemption history is thin. Surviving examples are infrequently encountered, which likely reflects both limited original issue quantities and the political disruptions that made orderly note retirement impossible.