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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Londres y Río de La Plata, Córdoba |
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| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed entirely in engine-turned geometric patterns printed in a single green-grey tone, centred on a large guilloche medallion bearing the bold numeral "10" in relief, flanked by two smaller circular guilloche rosettes each enclosing the value numeral "10". The denomination "10" is further repeated within lathe-work cartouches at each corner, and the whole composition is enclosed by a continuous ornamental border of engine-turned design with no pictorial vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 |
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The Banco de Londres y Río de la Plata was an Anglo-Argentine institution, incorporated in London in 1862 and operating through provincial branches by the late 1860s. The Córdoba branch issued its own notes independently of the Buenos Aires head office — a common arrangement in Argentina's fragmented pre-unification banking period, when individual provincial and branch issues circulated as effectively distinct currencies within their regions.
PS#1727 is among the earlier documented branch issues. Cotton-based paper of this period was sourced almost entirely from British suppliers, though final preparation and signing occurred locally. Córdoba branch notes from 1869 are considerably scarcer than Buenos Aires equivalents, reflecting both lower print runs and heavier redemption losses.