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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de la Provincia de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1888 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA SERIE 015 EMISION GARANTIDA CON EL DEPÓSITO DE FONDOS PUBLICOS NACIONALES, SEGUN LEY DE 3 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1887 EL BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA de CORRIENTES pagara a la vista y al portador UN PESO en moneda Nacional Buenos Aires, 1° de Enero de 1895 (Translation: ARGENTINE REPUBLIC SERIES 015 ISSUE GUARANTEED BY THE DEPOSIT OF NATIONAL PUBLIC FUNDS, ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF NOVEMBER 3, 1887 THE BANK OF THE PROVINCE OF CORRIENTES will pay on demand and to the bearer ONE PESO in National Currency Buenos Aires, January 1, 1895) |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 UNO `LOS QUE FALSIFIQUEN O ADULTEREN BILLETES DE LOS AUTORIZADOS POR ESTA LEY, Y LOS QUE CIRCULEN BILLETES FALSOS O ADULTERADOS, QUEDARAN SUJETOS A LAS PENAS ESTABLECIDAS EL EL TITULO 10 DE LA LEY DE 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1883` (ART 30 LEY 3 NOVIEMBRE 1887) `LOS BILLETES DE LOS BANCOS EMITIDOS CON ARREGLO A ESTA LEY, TENDRAN CURSO LEGAL EN TODA LA REPUBLICA Y FUERZA CHANCELATORIA PARA TODA OBLIGACIÓN QUE DEBA SER SATISFECHA EN MONEDA LEGAL, POR SU VALOR A LA PAR, Y SERÁN RECIBIDOS EN PAGO DE TODO IMPUESTO NACIONAL O PROVINCIAL` (ART 31 LEY 3 NOVIEMBRE 1887) (Translation: 1 ONE `Those who counterfeit or adulterate banknotes authorized by this law, and those who circulate counterfeit or adulterated banknotes, shall be subject to the penalties established in Title 10 of the Law of September 14, 1883.` (Article 30, Law of November 3, 1887) `Banknotes issued pursuant to this law shall be legal tender throughout the Republic and shall have the power to cancel all obligations that must be paid in legal tender, at their par value, and shall be received in payment of all national or provincial taxes.` (Article 31, Law of November 3, 1887)) |
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Corrientes was one of the last Argentine provinces still issuing its own paper currency well into the 1880s, long after the national government had been pushing toward monetary unification. This note dates from that stubborn provincial holdout period — Corrientes had a history of issuing its own bills stretching back decades, often out of fiscal necessity rather than monetary ambition.
Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is unsurprising for the period; the New Malden firm handled a significant share of Latin American provincial and quasi-official paper through the second half of the nineteenth century.