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10 Centésimos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Value | 10 Centésimos Fuertes |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a central oval vignette containing a portrait of an indigenous woman with long braided hair, set within an intricate guilloche frame. Flanking oval cartouches at left and right each bear the denomination '0.10', while ornate rosette and lathe-work panels fill the corners. A rectangular tablet at the bottom centre reads 'FUERTES', and the printer's imprint appears at the very foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | DIEZ CENTÉSIMOS 0.10 0.10 FUERTES American Bank Note Co. New York |
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The Banco de la Província de Buenos Ayres occupied an unusual position in Argentine monetary history — it operated as a quasi-central bank for the province long before any national banking framework existed, issuing its own currency at a time when Buenos Aires and the Argentine Confederation were still working out their political and fiscal relationship following the 1853 constitution. This 10 Centésimos Fuertes note dates from well after that reunification, but provincial issue remained the norm.
The American Bank Note Company printed extensively for South American clients throughout the 1860s and 1870s, and the PS prefix in the Pick reference confirms provincial rather than national status — a distinction that mattered considerably in trade and exchange at the time.