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Compania Salitrera Castilla, ND (ca.1890-1920) Remainder Banknote.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - World Currency Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 700.00 USD
Compania Salitrera Castilla, ND (ca.1890-1920) Remainder Banknote.
SOLD
280.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Oct 29 @ 11:31UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Antofagasta, Chile, 10 Pounds or Liters, P-Unlisted, Remainder banknote or scrip note, Brown printing on face in vertical format, back brown, S/N 0309, No signatures, PMG graded Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Scarce Chilean Nitrate company scrip note. The use of Nitratine or Chilean Saltpeter once an important source of nitrates for fertilizer and other chemical uses including gunpowder and fireworks. Antofagasta was founded in 1868, in October 1869 the extraction of nitrates commenced in Oficina Salar del Carmen, the first nitrate producing plant. In 1871, the Nitrate Railway was inaugurated, running from Iquique to La Noria in Peru. In 1873, the Peruvian Government established the Nitrate Trust (state monopoly), which was controlled from Tarapacà until the 1879_1883 "War of the Pacific".