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40 Centavos Banco Anglo-Peruano

Features

Issuer Peru
Issuing bank English-Peruvian Bank (Banco Anglo-Peruano)
Period Republic (1822-date)
Type Local banknotes
Year 1875
Value 40 Centavos (0.40 PEH)
Currency Sol (1863-1930) / Sol de Oro (1931-1985)
Composition Paper
Size 98 × 46 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
555228
References P# S101A
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Black printing on red underprint.
Guilloches;
Issuer name on top; face value on both sides; red serial #s on right. Place and date of issuing on lower center. Printer name on bottom.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
40
EL BANCO
ANGLO-PERUANO
Pagará
á la vista y al portador
Cuarenta Centavos
en moneda corriente.
Lima é Iquique, Julio 1º de 1875.
DIRECTORES
Compañía Nacional de Billetes de Banco
Nueva York

Translation:
The English-Peruvian Bank
will pay at sight at bearer Forty Cents in circulating currency.
Lima and Iquique, July 1st., 1975.
Directors
National Bank Note Company, New York.

Reverse

Red print.
Coat of arms of Great Britain and Peru at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO ANGLO-PERUANO
40
CUARENTA CENTAVOS
National Bank Note Company, New York.

Translation:
The English-Peruvian Bank
Forty cents.

Printer

National Bank Note Company, New York City, United States (1861-1872)

Comments

Oscar Heeren served as one of the bank's directors when the Lima office opened, alongside names like Rafael Canevaro and Waldo Graña. His signature (Heeren) is a distinctive feature on banknotes issued around 1874-1875.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1875-Jul-01 

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