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| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé, Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA-FÉ SANTA-FE SERIE UNA 1° de Noviembre 1874 Pagará á la vista un Peso plata boliv. UN REAL ó su equivalente en moneda de ley por OCHO de estos billetes POR EL DIRECTORIO REAL |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa Fé occupied an awkward position in Argentine monetary history — provincial banks issued their own notes throughout the 1860s and 1870s, often with wildly inconsistent backing, and Santa Fé was no exception. The "Real Plata Boliviana" denomination reflects the stubborn persistence of colonial-era silver accounting units well into the national period, years after the peso had nominally unified the currency.
The Rosario variant (PS-820) and this Santa Fé placement share the same basic design but differ in the place-of-payment text — a small distinction that matters considerably to type collectors.