Catalog
1 Real Fuerte
| Issuer | Banco Entre-Riano |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Value | 1 Real Fuerte |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central vignette of a tiger (jaguar) in a landscape setting, flanked by the large bank title EL BANCO ENTRE-RIANO in bold letterpress. The upper portion carries the word VALE and the denomination POR UN REAL in large type, with BOLIVIANO inscribed on either side and 9a SERIE BOLIVIANO to the right. The lower section bears the place and date of issue CONCEPCIÓN DEL URUGUAY, MAYO 15 DE 1866, along with a manuscript signature and the text PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA / 4 REALES BOLIVIANOS / por Cuatro de estos billetes por el Banco. Numerals 1 appear vertically in guilloche panels on both lateral borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | VALE POR UN REAL BOLIVIANO 9a SERIE BOLIVIANO EL BANCO ENTRE-RIANO PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA 4 REALES BOLIVIANOS por Cuatro de estos billetes por el Banco CONCEPCIÓN DEL URUGUAY, MAYO 15 DE 1866 UN REAL |
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The Banco Entre-Riano operated out of Concepción del Uruguay, the then-capital of Entre Ríos province, during a period when Argentine provincial banking was essentially unregulated. Provincial banks of this era issued their own notes with little federal oversight — the national banking law that would begin consolidating currency authority didn't arrive until 1872. Notes printed locally in the provinces, rather than contracted to British or American security printers, are considerably rarer survivors; provincial print shops lacked the paper stock and anti-counterfeiting infrastructure of the major houses.
PS prefix in the Pick system flags this as a private and local issue, and PS1657 is sparsely documented.