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1 Peso Fuerte
| Issuer | Provincia de Santiago del Estero |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Value | 1 Peso Fuerte |
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| Obverse description | Blue and pink note with a central vignette of a standing dog on a raised ground, flanked by the denomination numeral "1" in ornate oval frames at left and right. The upper border carries a row of repeated "PESO" text in guilloche-style lettering, while the lower portion bears the main legend, date inscription "Ley 11 de Julio de 1876" and the denomination panel "UN PESO FUERTE" in bold letterpress. Series and serial number appear at upper left and right respectively, with the date "Setiembre 30 1876" at lower right and three manuscript signatures below. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO Ley 11 de Julio de 1876 Bono al portador por UN PESO FUERTE Serie C Santiago Setiembre 30 1876 UN PESO FUERTE |
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Santiago del Estero's provincial note issues of the 1870s were a direct consequence of Argentina's fragmented pre-unification banking structure, where individual provinces retained authority to emit their own paper currency well before the 1890 Baring Crisis forced systemic reform. The Peso Fuerte denomination itself was already archaic by 1876 — the national government had been working to consolidate currency since the 1860s — which makes a provincial issue at this late date politically pointed.
Guillermo Kraft was a German-born printer who established himself in Buenos Aires and became one of the most active commercial lithographers in the Río de la Plata region during this period. The Reconquista 32 address places this firmly in his early Buenos Aires operation, before the firm expanded into the major publishing house it later became.