Catalogo
| Emittente | Banco Hipotecario, Tucumán |
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| Anno | 1841 |
| Tipo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Composizione | Paper |
| Dimensioni | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Forma | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Stampatore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Disegnatore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| In circolazione fino al | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Riferimento/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del dritto | Plain white paper note with a central oval vignette in orange-brown ink at the left, partially illegible due to age and wear. The text is arranged in a letterpress typeset layout across the face, with the issuing institution named at the top, the denomination stated in the centre, and a handwritten date and authorization line below. A manuscript signature appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | The reverse presents a mirror impression of the obverse printing visible through the thin paper stock, with a corresponding oval stamp or seal in brown ink at the right. The surface is otherwise plain, showing foxing and age toning consistent with a note of this period. |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Firma/e | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tipo di protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione della protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Varianti | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Commenti |
Banco Hipotecario de Tucumán was one of the short-lived provincial banking experiments that emerged in Argentina during the fragmented years before any semblance of national monetary organization. The bank operated under a mortgage-lending mandate — "hipotecario" in name and purpose — which made the issuance of circulating paper notes an unusual extension of its function. Whether this 1 Real actually circulated widely or served a more limited local transactional role is unclear, but the province of Tucumán at this period had virtually no external printing infrastructure, making a local Tucumán imprint genuinely notable.
Provincial Argentine notes from the 1840s are among the most fragile survivors in South American notaphily — thin, locally produced paper, minimal security features, and a public that trusted silver coin over any paper promise.