Catalog
10 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco Entre-Riano |
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| Year | 1864 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out with the denomination numeral '10' repeated at left and right, flanked by vertical 'CENTAVOS' lettering along both side borders. A central oval vignette depicts a palm tree and an ostrich in a landscape scene. Below the vignette, the bank name 'EL BANCO ENTRE-RIANO' appears in bold letterpress, with the series designation '1ª Serie' printed twice on either side; a promise-to-pay legend in Spanish script occupies the lower register, concluding with 'CIENTO SESENTA' and 'por el Banco'. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ENTRE-RIANO 1ª Serie 10 CENTAVOS CIENTO SESENTA por el Banco |
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The Banco Entre-Riano was a provincial institution operating out of Entre Ríos, one of the Argentine Confederation's more politically turbulent provinces — still finding its footing in the years immediately following the defeat of Justo José de Urquiza's federalist project. By 1864, provincial banking in Argentina was largely unregulated, and small-denomination fractional notes like this one filled a chronic shortage of hard coin in everyday commerce.
At this denomination and from this issuer, survivorship is extremely poor. Most provincial Argentine notes of the 1860s were redeemed, worn to destruction, or simply lost when issuing banks folded without formal succession.