Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Muñoz y Rodriguez & Ca., Tucumán |
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| Year | 1883 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is engraved in blue-black intaglio on light paper, with the bank title EL BANCO MUÑOZ & RODRIGUEZ & Ca. arched across the upper centre and the date Junio 30 de 1883 inscribed to the right. A central vignette shows a steam locomotive pulling carriages through a landscape with figures and horses in the foreground, framed by guilloche borders. An oval portrait vignette of a bearded figure occupies the left panel, while a second oval portrait of a clean-shaven gentleman in period dress appears at the right; the denomination DIEZ PESOS and MONEDA NACIONAL are printed in a bold panel at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue intaglio, with an intricate guilloche border of repeating rosette and meander patterns surrounding the entire field. Two large counter numerals 10 appear in oval guilloche frames at the left and right, flanking a central blank oval panel framed by fine lathe-work. The bank name EL BANCO MUÑOZ & RODRIGUEZ & Ca. is inscribed across the upper portion, with the denomination DIEZ PESOS in a cartouche at the lower centre. |
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Banco Muñoz & Rodriguez & Cía. was one of the provincial free-banking era institutions that operated in Argentina's interior before the 1890 financial collapse and subsequent nationalization pushed private bank note issuance off the table for good. Tucumán's economy in this period ran largely on sugar — the province had just industrialized its mills in the late 1870s — and regional banks like this one filled a genuine credit vacuum that Buenos Aires institutions weren't serving.
PS1763 is thinly documented, with very few confirmed survivors recorded in major collections. Whether that reflects low original print runs, aggressive redemption, or simple provincial neglect of paper archives is not established.