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| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Rosario |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Value | 1 Real Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio-printed note with a central oval vignette of a standing bull in a pastoral landscape, flanked on the left by a gaucho figure with a rifle and a seated woman with a child, and on the right by a reclining allegorical female figure. The numeral '5' appears in the upper corners, with the issuer's name 'EL BANCO ARGENTINO' in bold letterpress across the centre, the denomination 'CINCO PESOS' in a highlighted band below, and the place and date 'Rosario, 1° Noviembre, 1866' inscribed in manuscript. A lathe-work border of repeated 'CINCO' runs along the top margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ARGENTINO CINCO PESOS Plata Boliviana su equivalente en moneda de ley Rosario 1° Noviembre, 1866 EL GERENTE EL PRESIDENTE 5 5 |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse centres on a large guilloche rosette bearing the inscriptions 'EL BANCO ARGENTINO' and 'CINCO PESOS' in bold relief lettering, with the numeral '5' superimposed at the centre. Two further large lathe-work rosettes flank the central medallion symmetrically, each carrying the numeral '5', set against an intricately engraved geometric underprint that fills the entire field. |
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