Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
|---|---|
| Year | 1867 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 10 Pesos Fuertes |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The upper portion of the note carries a central pastoral vignette with cattle grazing in a landscape, flanked on each side by oval counters bearing the numeral 10. The bank title EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES runs in bold letterpress across the upper field, with the denomination 10 PESOS FUERTES at right. The lower portion presents two allegorical female figures in intaglio, one at lower left and one at lower right, with manuscript text and a handwritten signature running across the centre. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES 10 PESOS FUERTES A. No. 09288 Pagará a la vista DIEZ PESOS FUERTES EN ORO SELLADO al portador de este billete CORRIENTES, 1o de Febre... 1867 Por el Banco |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Banco Comercial de Corrientes was one of several provincial banks operating in Argentina's interior during the 1860s, issuing their own notes largely independent of any central monetary authority — a situation that persisted until the Banco Nacional was established in 1872. Corrientes province had a particularly turbulent decade: the War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) cut directly through its territory, and the province was occupied by Paraguayan forces in 1865.
Whether notes of this series circulated normally during the occupation years or were suppressed and reissued afterward is not documented with certainty. Surviving examples are uncommon, likely reflecting both limited original print runs and the disruptions of wartime.