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10 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Value | 10 Centavos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | Single-colour blue lithographic note with an ornate guilloche border running along all four edges. The bank title EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA FE arches across the top within a decorative cartouche, flanked by the denomination numeral 10 repeated in each corner. A vignette to the lower right presents a deer standing in a pastoral landscape, while the large bold numeral '10' anchors the lower left. The date 'Rosario 1° de Setiembre 1874' appears in script across the centre field, accompanied by the series designation SERIE UNA and a printed serial number. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA FE SERIE UNA PAGARÁ a la vista y al portador DIEZ CENTAVOS FUERTES en las monedas determinadas por la Ley Nacional. Rosario 1° de Setiembre 1874 10 CENTAVOS POR EL DIRECTORIO DIEZ CENTAVOS · 10 · LITOGRAFIA E FLEUTI ROSARIO · 10 · DIEZ CENTAVOS |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa Fé was one of several Argentine provincial banks empowered to issue their own paper currency during the decentralized banking period before the Banco Nacional took hold. Low-denomination fractional notes like this one filled a chronic shortage of small change — metallic coin supply in the interior provinces was perpetually inadequate through the 1870s, and 10-centavo fuertes notes circulated as de facto small change in local commerce.
Litografía e Fleuti operated out of Rosario itself, making this a locally produced note — unusual for the period, when many Argentine provincial issues were contracted to European printers. Provincial print quality was accordingly variable.