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1 Peso Fuerte
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 1 Peso Fuerte |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bank title 'El Banco Comercial de Corrientes' in ornate script across the upper portion, flanked by the numeral '1' in decorative cartouches at each corner. A central oval vignette contains a portrait of a bull's head, while to the left a seated allegorical female figure is shown alongside bales and commercial goods, evoking trade and industry. The note bears the date '1° DE MARZO, 1868', the place name 'CORRIENTES', a handwritten serial number, and the promise-to-pay legend 'Pagará a la vista UN PESO FUERTE al portador de este billete', all set within a guilloche-bordered frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES UN PESO FUERTE UN PESO CORRIENTES 1° DE MARZO, 1868 Pagará a la vista UN PESO FUERTE al portador de este billete. Por el Banco |
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The Banco Comercial de Corrientes was one of several provincial banks operating in Argentina during the 1860s under a decentralized monetary regime that allowed individual provinces to charter their own issuing institutions. Corrientes, perpetually at odds with Buenos Aires over federal authority, had particular motivation to maintain its own financial infrastructure — the province had even briefly declared independence from the Argentine Confederation in the early part of the decade.
Notes from this bank are genuinely rare. Provincial Argentine paper from this period suffered high attrition: poor storage conditions, redemption drives, and the eventual nationalization of currency issuance under the Banco Nacional wiped out most surviving stocks.