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10 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de San Juan - Sucursal (Branch) Tucumán |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Currency | Peso Fuerte (1826-1881) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on a light ground, with the numeral '10' in large format at both upper corners and mirrored in intaglio at the lower corners. A central oval vignette presents a bust portrait of a young woman in classical style, wearing a laurel wreath. Guilloche borders frame the note, with the denomination DIEZ CENTAVOS FUERTES inscribed twice in bold letterpress, series and serial number at upper left and right respectively, and the place and date 'Tucumán, 3 de Enero de 1876' at the lower centre. Two cancellation punch holes are visible at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE SAN JUAN pagará al portador DIEZ CENTAVOS FUERTES en moneda DIEZ CENTAVOS FUERTES de ley. Serie D Por el Banco Tucumán, 3 de Enero de 1876. |
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The Banco de San Juan was one of several provincial banks chartered in Argentina during the early 1870s under the loosely regulated banking framework that preceded the 1890 financial collapse and eventual centralization under the Banco de la Nación Argentina. Opening a branch in Tucumán was a commercial reach — San Juan and Tucumán are separated by hundreds of kilometers and distinct regional economies, one dominated by viticulture, the other by sugar.
The "fuertes" denomination signals an attempt to distinguish these notes from the heavily depreciated paper then circulating in many provinces. Whether the market believed that claim is another matter.