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Bolivia 1 Bolivian Boliviano banknote 1900 issued by the El Banco Industrial de La Paz
Obverse: Bolivian Indian women with children's.
Reverse: Coat of arms of La Paz, Bolivia.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Bolivia 1 Bolivian Boliviano banknote 1900 El Banco Industrial de La Paz
Obverse: Bolivian Indian women with children's.
Reverse: Coat of arms of La Paz, Bolivia.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Bolivia 50 Bolivianos banknote 1928 Specimen
Bolivia 50 Bolivianos banknote 1928
Banco Central de Bolivia - Central Bank of Bolivia (Law of 20.07.1928., First issue)
Obverse: Portrait of Simon Bolivar and Antonio José de Sucre; Panoramic view of La Paz.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Bolivia.
Bolivia 100 Bolivianos banknote 1928 Specimen
Bolivia 100 Bolivianos banknote 1928
Banco Central de Bolivia - Central Bank of Bolivia (Law of 20.07.1928., First issue)
Obverse: Portrait of Simon Bolivar at left, Panoramic view of La Paz at center, portrait of Antonio José de Sucre at right.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Bolivia.
Bolivia 500 Bolivianos banknote 1928 Specimen
Bolivia 500 Bolivianos banknote 1928
Banco Central de Bolivia - Central Bank of Bolivia (Law of 20.07.1928., First issue)
Obverse: Portrait of Simon Bolivar and Antonio José de Sucre; Panoramic view of La Paz.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Bolivia.
Printed by the American Bank Note Company.
Chile 5 Pesos banknote
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Currency of Chile 5 Pesos banknote
Obverse: Portrait of General Ramón Freire Serrano, 2nd President of Chile.
Reverse: The denomination value "5" within a guilloche.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Chile 1 Peso
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Chile 1 Chilean peso banknote
Obverse: Portrait of Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, 8th President of Chile.
Reverse: The denomination value "1" within a guilloche.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Costa Rica 10 Colones banknote 1916-1936 Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
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| 10 Colones bank note - Banco Internacional de Costa Rica |
Currency of Costa Rica 10 Colones bank note 1916-1936 issued by the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
Obverse: Portrait of Walter J. Field Spencer, first director of the Banco Internacional de Costa Rica.
Reverse: The denomination value "10" within a guilloche.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Costa Rica Banknotes - Costa Rica Paper Money
El Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
1916-1936 "Series B" Issue
Costa Rica 2 Colones banknote 1967
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| Dos Colones |
Costa Rica Banknotes 2 Colones bank note 1967 issued by the
Banco Central de Costa Rica
Obverse: Portrait of Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales flanked by "2" counters.
Reverse: View of the fountain at Plaza in San Jose, Costa Rica flanked by "2" counters.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Costa Rica Banknotes - Costa Rica Paper Money
Banco Central de Costa Rica 1950-1967 "Provisional Overprint" Issue
Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales
Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales (1799 - 1865) Joaquin Bernardo Calvo Rosales was a Costa Rican politician, born in Cartago, Costa Rica, in 1799. His first wife was Juana Vicenta Fernandez y Quirós and he remarried to Salvadora Mora y Perez.
He studied in Cartago with Rafael Francisco Osejo.
He was interim General Minister of Costa Rica 1827 to 1835 and Political Head of the Eastern Department in 1835. For his participation in the War of Liga (civil war of 1835) he was for a time exiled in Nicaragua. Later he was Magistrate of the Court of appeal, Minister of Property and War, Minister of Interior and Exterior Relations, Minister of Exterior Relations and Ecclesiastic Businesses, Minister of Interior and annexed portfolios and President of the Senate and the Legislative Body. As Chancellor, he signed in 1856 the Calvo treaty, the first bordering agreement between Costa Rica and Colombia.
He died in San José, Costa Rica, in 1865.
His son Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Mora was, for many years, Minister Plenipotentiary of Costa Rica in Washington, D.C.
Costa Rica 20 Pesos banknote, El Banco de Costa Rica
Costa Rica 20 Pesos banknote, El Banco de Costa Rica - Private bank issue
The Banco de Costa Rica issued peso notes between 1895 and 1899, in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 100 pesos.
Costa Rica 25 Centimos Fractional currency note, Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
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Costa Rica 25 Centimos Fractional currency note issued by the
Banco Internacional de Costa Rica
Obverse: Liberty Head at left.
Reverse: The denomination value "25" within a guilloche.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Guatemala banknotes 20 Quetzales banknote of 1963
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| Guatemalan Quetzal |
Currency of Guatemala 100 Quetzales banknote 1963 Banco De Guatemala
Guatemala banknotes, Guatemala paper money, Guatemala bank notes, Guatemalan banknotes, Guatemalan paper money, Guatemalan bank notes. Guatemalan Quetzal is the currency of Guatemala.
Obverse: Portrait of Father Rafael Maria Landívar y Bustamante (The National Poet of Guatemala) and quetzal in flight at upper centre.
Reverse: Firma del Acta de la Independencia de Centroamérica / Signing of the Declaration of Independence of Central America (Captaincy General of Guatemala: formed by Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras).
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Guatemala banknotes - Guatemala paper money
Banco De Guatemala
1964-1973
"Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd, London England" Issue
0,50 Quetzal 1 Quetzal 5 Quetzales 10 Quetzales 20 Quetzales
50 Quetzales 100 Quetzales
Father Rafael Maria Landívar y Bustamante
Rafael Landívar was born in Guatemala October 27, 1731, entered the Jesuits in 1750, and taught philosophy and theology in Guatemala. Banished from the Spanish colonies, he retired to Italy and wrote a five-volume Latin poem, Rusticatio Mexicana, that has caused him to be called the national poet of Guatemala. He died and was buried in Bologna, but later at the demand of students, his body was translated from Bologna to Guatemala.
Landivar made an etching of Bishop Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, OSA , the original of which is in the Jesuit residence in Madrid.
Act of Independence of Central America
The Act of Independence of Central America, also known as the Act of Independence of Guatemala, is the legal document by which the Provincial Council of the Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire, as well as inviting the other provinces of the Captaincy General of Guatemala to send envoys to a congress to decide the form of the region's independence. It was enacted on 15 September 1821.
Guatemala 1 Peso banknote 1895 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Guatemala 1 Peso banknote 1895 - 1920 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Obverse: Seated allegorical women with steamboat and mechanical equipment and tropical agricultural scene.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Guatemala and the U.S. flanking small town, locomotive with mountains in background.
Guatemala banknotes - Guatemala paper money
Guatemaltecan Banks
El Banco Americano De Guatemala
1895-1926 issue
Guatemala 5 Pesos banknote 1897 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Guatemala 5 Pesos banknote 1897 - 1920 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Obverse: Seated allegorical women with steamboat and mechanical equipment and tropical agricultural scene.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Guatemala and the U.S. flanking small town, locomotive with mountains in background.
Guatemala banknotes - Guatemala paper money
Guatemaltecan Banks
El Banco Americano De Guatemala
1895-1926 issue
Guatemala 25 Pesos banknote 1914 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Guatemala 25 Pesos banknote 1914 - 1918 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Obverse: Seated allegorical women with steamboat and mechanical equipment and tropical agricultural scene.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Guatemala and the U.S. flanking small town, locomotive with mountains in background.
Guatemala banknotes - Guatemala paper money
Guatemaltecan Banks
El Banco Americano De Guatemala
1895-1926 issue
Guatemala 100 Pesos banknote 1895 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Guatemala 100 Pesos banknote 1895-1925 El Banco Americano De Guatemala
Obverse: Seated allegorical women with steamboat and mechanical equipment and tropical agricultural scene.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Guatemala and the U.S. flanking small town, locomotive with mountains in background.
Guatemala banknotes - Guatemala paper money
Guatemaltecan Banks
El Banco Americano De Guatemala
1895-1926 issue
Honduras banknotes 1 Honduran Lempira banknote 1932 Banco Atlantida
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| Honduran Lempira - Lempira Hondureña |
Honduran Lempira, Billetes de Honduras, Honduras banknotes, Honduras paper money, papel moneda en Honduras, Billete de Lempiras, Honduras bank notes, Honduran banknotes, Honduran paper money, Honduran bank notes, Honduras Currency money, Lempira Hondureño.
Obverse: Allegory of Hope at center.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Honduras.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Banknotes of private banks in Honduras - "Banco Atlantida, oldest Bank in the Honduras, founded in 1913 "
In the early twentieth century the state of Honduras offered concessions to U.S. companies that engaged in banana cultivation in the department of Atlantida such as the Vaccaro Brothers' Standard Fruit Company from New Orleans., which later became the owner of the Atlantis Bank. This bank was headquartered in the city of La Ceiba and began issuing their own banknotes since 1913, which in the beginning was called peso. The Banco Atlantida SA was founded in 1913. The government initially authorize the Atlantis Bank as official issuer of the Honduras currency. Before 1930, the currency was the peso. In 1931 Congress established Lempira as the official currency of Honduras.
Honduras banknotes - Honduras paper money
BANCO ATLANTIDA
Honduran lempira, 1932-1945 issue
1 Lempira 2 Lempiras 5 Lempiras 10 Lempiras 20 Lempiras
Nicaragua banknotes 10 cordobas bank note of 1951
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| Nicaragua paper money 10 Cordobas bank note |
Nicaraguan currency 10 Cordobas bank note 1951,
Banco Nacional de Nicaragua - National Bank of Nicaragua
Nicaraguan córdoba money currency, Nicaraguan banknotes, Nicaraguan paper money, Nicaraguan bank notes, Nicaragua banknotes, Nicaragua paper money, Nicaragua bank notes, Billetes de Nicaragua papel moneda, Córdoba Nicaragüense.Obverse: Liberty head at right. In the top, the issuer name "BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA". In each corner, the denomination value "10" within a guilloche.
Reverse: Coat of arms of Nicaragua at center, on each side the denomination value "10" within a guilloche. In the top, the issuer name "BANCO NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA". In each corner, the denomination value "10" within a guilloche.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
Nicaragua banknotes - Nicaragua paper money
Banco Nacional de Nicaragua - National Bank of Nicaragua
1941-1951 Issue
Paraguay 50 Pesos Fuertes banknote 1923
Paraguay Currency 50 Pesos Fuertes banknote 1923
L. 550 / 25.10.1923 "Peso Fuerte - Por el Banco" Issue
Obverse: El Banco Mercantil del Paraguay, Asuncion, Paraguay.
Reverse: Treasury Seal of Paraguay - Lion, in front of a staff and liberty cap, with the inscription "Paz Y Justicia", meaning "peace and justice".
Paraguay banknotes - Paraguay paper money
L. 550 / 25.10.1923 "Peso Fuerte - Por el Banco" Issue
50 Pesos Fuertes 50 Pesos Fuertes 100 Pesos Fuertes
100 Pesos Fuertes 500 Pesos Fuertes 1000 Pesos Fuertes
Peru 100 Soles de Oro banknote 1933
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| Peru - 100 Soles banknote |
Currency of Peru 100 Soles de Oro banknote 1933
Central Reserve Bank of Peru - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Obverse: Peruvian Plantation Worker Tapping the Caoutchouc, or India-Rubber Tree. (Dated Lima, March 31, 1933)
Reverse: Jupiter Steam Locomotive.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
The name is a return to that of Peru's historic currency, the Sol in use from the 19th century to 1985. Although the derivation of Sol is the Latin solidus, the word also happens to mean sun in Spanish. There is a continuity therefore with the old Peruvian inti, which was named after Inti, the Sun God of the Incas.
Peru banknotes - Peru paper money
Central Reserve Bank of Peru - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
1933-1939 "Ley 7137" & 1941-1950 "Ley 7137" Soles de Oro issue
50 Centavos Oro 1 Sol de Oro 5 Soles de Oro
10 Soles de Oro 50 Soles de Oro 100 Soles de Oro
The First Sol de Oro Bills, 1933-1968
The sol de oro remained in circulation for over half a century, more than both the Peruvian pound (33 years) and the peso of the early republic (42 years). This room shows the first sol de oro bills, with denominations from one to 500, which circulated between the 1930s and the 1960s. The first issuances preserved the effigies from the Peruvian pound (the shepherdess and the rubber worker) to facilitate public acceptance of the new currency. In the 1950s the latter images were changed for the Sitting Liberty, represented by a woman surrounded by the symbols of the French revolution.
Between the 1940s and the 1960s, the highest denomination was 500 soles, exceeding by far the minimum wage (60 soles in 1950-1956). Once the problems created by the Great Depression had been left behind, in the 1930s Peru enjoyed an export boom based on cotton, sugar, copper, and oil. After WWII, fisheries and in particular fishmeal became important export items.
Peru 50 Soles de Oro banknote 1941
Peru 50 Soles de Oro banknote 1941
Central Reserve Bank of Peru - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Obverse: Allegorical Girl with a Lamb and Sheep at right. (Dated Lima, 26 September 1941)
Reverse: Two allegorical women.
Printer: American Bank Note Company, New York.
Peru banknotes - Peru paper money
Central Reserve Bank of Peru - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
1933-1939 "Ley 7137" & 1941-1950 "Ley 7137" Soles de Oro issue
50 Centavos Oro 1 Sol de Oro 5 Soles de Oro
10 Soles de Oro 50 Soles de Oro 100 Soles de Oro
El Salvador 1 Colon banknote El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
El Salvador 1 Colon banknote El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
Obverse: Allegorical woman.
Reverse: Christopher Columbus.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
El Salvador banknotes - El Salvador paper money
El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
"Diosa de la Fortuna" 1934-1954 issue
1 Colon 2 Colones 5 Colones 10 Colones 25 Colones 100 Colones
El Salvador 100 Colones banknote 1934 El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
El Salvador 100 Colones banknote 1934 El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
Obverse: Allegorical woman.
Reverse: Christopher Columbus.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
El Salvador banknotes - El Salvador paper money
El Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
"Diosa de la Fortuna" 1934-1954 issue
Venezuela 50 Bolivares banknote 1940
Venezuela 50 Bolivares banknote 1940
Banco Central de Venezuela - Central Bank of Venezuela
Banco Central de Venezuela - Central Bank of Venezuela
Reverse: Coat of arms of Venezuela.
Venezuela banknotes - Venezuela paper money
BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA
"Printer ABNC" 1940-1971 issue
10 Bolivares 20 Bolivares 50 Bolivares 100 Bolivares 500 Bolivares
Venezuela 20 Bolivares banknote 1941
Venezuela 20 Bolivares banknote 1941
Banco Central de Venezuela - Central Bank of Venezuela
Banco Central de Venezuela - Central Bank of Venezuela
Obverse: Portrait of Simon Bolivar - Libertador.
Reverse: Former Venezuela Coat of Arms 1954-2006.
Venezuela banknotes - Venezuela paper money
BANCO CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA
"Printer ABNC" 1940-1971 issue
10 Bolivares 20 Bolivares 50 Bolivares 100 Bolivares 500 Bolivares
Colombia banknotes $10 pesos note, Banco Hipotecario Del Pacifico
Colombia banknotes $10 pesos banknote, issued by the Banco Hipotecario Del Pacifico
Colombia 10 peso note, 10 Pesos Colombianos, Colombian banknotes, Billetes Colombianos, Colombian paper money, el papel moneda en Colombia, Colombian bank notes, Colombia banknotes, Colombia paper money, Colombia bank notes.Investing money in collectable banknotes - best investment and safe investments.
Obverse: Condor at center.
Reverse: Banco Hipotecario Del Pacifico.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
