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1 Peso Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Crédito Territorial de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a large serif heading 'CREDITO TERRITORIAL DE STA. FE' across the top, with a central allegorical vignette of two female figures flanking a shield or coat of arms, printed in dark ink over a pink guilloche underprint with oval '1' counters at left and right. Below the vignette, a manuscript-style text line reads the place and date of issue (Rosario), followed by a promise-to-pay inscription in Spanish for one Peso Plata Boliviana or its equivalent in legal tender currency. The bottom margin bears the denomination 'UN PESO' in bold letterpress, with additional guilloche ornamental borders framing the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | CREDITO TERRITORIAL DE STA. FE Autorizada por Ley de 28 de Setiembre de 1868 ROSARIO Pagara a la vista y al portador UN PESO plata boliviana o su equivalente en moneda de curso legal Por la Sociedad UN PESO |
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Crédito Territorial de Santa Fé was one of several provincial mortgage credit institutions that emerged in Argentina during the 1860s under legislation designed to stimulate agricultural land development. These entities were authorized to issue notes backed by real estate collateral rather than gold or metallic reserves — a financing model borrowed loosely from European hypothecary banking. The denomination in Peso Plata Boliviana is telling: in the interior provinces of Argentina at this date, Bolivian silver coinage still functioned as a de facto standard for large transactions, and pegging paper emissions to it was a practical necessity rather than a political choice.
PS#1959 is among the earliest documented emissions from this issuer. Surviving examples are rare.