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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper. The upper legend reads 'EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA' in bold lettering, with the denomination numeral '1' at upper left and 'UN' at upper right. The centre vignette presents a figural scene of two individuals at a well, rendered in fine line engraving. Two serial number panels flank the central vignette, each reading 'Nº 14029'. A lower left vignette illustrates a pastoral genre scene with multiple figures. The date 'CÓRDOBA ENERO 1º DE 1881' appears in manuscript-style text to the right, with the denomination 'UN PESO' in bold script at lower right, accompanied by a handwritten signature. |
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| Reverse lettering | UN PESO UN UN PESO UN PESO UN PESO |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks empowered to issue their own currency under the banking arrangements that preceded the 1890 financial crisis — the same crisis that eventually wiped out most provincial note-issuing authority and paved the way for a centralized monetary system. This note predates that collapse by nearly a decade.
American Bank Note Company's work for Argentine provincial clients during the 1870s and 1880s was extensive. The Córdoba contract was part of a broader period in which ABNC effectively dominated South American bank note printing, competing with and occasionally displacing European firms that had previously held those relationships.