5 Incas

Features

Location	Peru
Issuing institution	Republic of Peru - Administration Board (Republica del Peru - Junta Administradora)
Period	Republic (1822-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1881
Value	5 Incas
Currency	Inca Peruano (1881-1882)
Composition	Paper
Size	160 × 90 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 538470
References	P# 15, 16 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 120 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Blue printing.
Country name on top, divided by coat of arms. Cherubs on upper sides.Series 1 letter on top left, red serial #s, 5 digits on top right. Face value in Arabic numbers on both top corners, and on lower left and right; in Roman numbers on both lower corners, in letters at center; issuing date and location below; date is repeated twice; left one is in reverse order (Y, M ,D), location at center. One signature (Perú President) on lower center.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
5 REPÚBLICA DEL PERÚ
SERIE A 02558
pagará al portador
CINCO INCAS
en moneda de oro
conforme al supremo decreto de Octubre, 18 de 1880
1881, Setiembre 1º LIMA 1º Setiembre, 1881
V

Translation:
Republic of Perú
Will pay to bearer five Incas in golden coins, according to Supreme Decree from October 18th., 1880.
September 1st., 1881, Lima.

Reverse

Blue printing.
No images. Face value in big Arabic number on center, in Roman number on left and right edges, and above and below center; in letters on sides of central number, and on upper left and right on sides of Roman number. 2 signatures with titles above, on lower zone.
(Overprint) Black oval seal at center, including modified face value an date.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
INCAS V CINCO
V CINCO 5 INCAS V
El Secretario
de
Hacienda y Comercio
El Presidente
de la
Junta fiscal
V

Translation:
Incas five
Five Incas
The Secretary of Finance and Commerce, the President of the Fiscal Board

Signatures

Nicolás de Piérola (NP)	President of Republic of Peru
Manuel Antonio Barinaga (MAB)
José Felix García (JFG)
Juan de Dios Quintana (JDQ)

Printer

Eugenio Abele Typographic Company, Peru

Comments

Some note also are overprinted with black "LEGITIMO" as oval seal, rotated 90º, that may be placed on reverse, right or left.

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Date	Signatures	References
Undetermined
1881-Sep-01	NP, MAB, JFG, JDQ	P# 18 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Host without overprint "LEGITIMO"
1881-Sep-01	NP, MAB, JFG, JDQ	P# 19 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Host with overprint oval seal "LEGITIMO" (at right or left of reverse)

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