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10 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue-grey ink on white paper, the obverse is framed by an ornate guilloche border running the full perimeter, with a vignette in the upper left showing a horse in motion on a grassy ground. The bank title 'EL BANCO DE CORRIENTES' appears in bold diagonal lettering to the right, above the denomination 'DIEZ PESOS FUERTES', while the date 'Corrientes, 5 de Marzo de 1873' is inscribed above the signature lines. Two circular guilloche medallions in the lower portion each bear the numeral '10', flanking a central panel with 'DIEZ' in large capitals. |
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| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO DE CORRIENTES 10 PESOS DIEZ 10 |
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Banco de Corrientes was a provincial institution operating in Argentina's northeastern Corrientes province, and its notes circulated in a region where the federal government's monetary authority had weak reach. Provincial banks across Argentina issued their own paper during this period, with wildly inconsistent backing — Corrientes was no exception, and public confidence in its notes fluctuated with the province's fiscal health.
PS1617 is scarce. Corrientes province suffered significant political turmoil through the early 1870s, including armed conflict tied to the broader Entrerriano uprisings, which disrupted normal banking and likely interrupted both issuance and orderly redemption of notes from this series.