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1 Peso Nacional
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S729A2 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on white paper and carries a central vignette of a riverside landscape with figures and a vessel, framed by ornate guilloche work. Two circular counter medallions bearing the numeral "1" appear at the left and right margins, with additional decorative rosette underprint elements at the corners. The bank title and payment clause are set in bold letterpress across the lower register, with the date "Marzo 27 de 1873" handwritten in the date field. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA PAGARA A LA VISTA UN PESO BOLIVIANO AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE UN PESO |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several provincial banks operating under Argentina's pre-1890 decentralized banking regime, which allowed individual provinces to issue their own currency largely free from federal oversight. This arrangement collapsed spectacularly in the Baring Crisis of 1890, after which the Caja de Conversión assumed control of note issuance and most provincial bank paper was called in.
Notes from Córdoba's provincial series are genuinely difficult to locate in any condition — the bank's total circulation was modest relative to Buenos Aires or Entre Ríos, and the 1873 redemption and reissue cycles reduced surviving populations further. The PS designation places this firmly in the Specialized catalogue's provincial and private bank listings rather than the main Argentine sequence.