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1 Doblón 10 Pesos - Banco Franco-Platense
| Issuer | Banco Franco-Platense |
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| Year | 1871 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a reclining allegorical female figure surrounded by a pack and barrels, with a sailship and factory in the background, symbolising commerce and production. To the left, three heraldic shields representing Uruguay, France, and Argentina allude to the bank's Franco-Platense identity; two young female figures appear at right. The issuer name is inscribed along the top border, with the face value displayed below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is centred on the issuer name within a typographic panel, with the denomination expressed numerically both above and below and spelled out in words along each vertical side. The overall layout is symmetrical, relying on bold letterpress typography rather than pictorial vignettes. |
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The Banco Franco-Platense was one of several foreign-backed private banks operating in Buenos Aires during the brief provincial free-banking period of the 1860s–70s, when Argentine law permitted chartered institutions to issue their own circulating notes. French capital underwrote the venture, hence the bilingual institutional name. The American Bank Note Company in New York produced the plates, as it did for most of the region's private issuers during this period — Buenos Aires banks rarely had access to domestic intaglio printing of comparable quality.
The bank's charter was revoked following the Argentine banking crisis of the early 1870s, which dramatically curtailed the lifespan of notes from this issuer. Survivors are uncommon.