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10 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Crédito Territorial de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the issuer's name CREDITO TERRITORIAL DE STA FE in bold letterpress across the upper portion, with the place of issue ROSARIO and a manuscript date at upper left and right respectively. A central allegorical vignette presents a seated female figure in classical dress resting amid rural attributes. The denomination DIEZ PESOS PLATA BOLIVIANA is set in large display type across the centre, with a secondary line reading o su equivalente en moneda de curso legal below. Ornate guilloche borders and repeated numeral 10 corner counters frame the entire face. |
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| Obverse lettering | ROSARIO CREDITO TERRITORIAL DE STA FE Autorizada por Ley de 28 de Setiembre de 1869 Pagará á la vista y al portador DIEZ PESOS PLATA BOLIVIANA o su equivalente en moneda de curso legal DIEZ PESOS 10 |
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Crédito Territorial de Santa Fé was one of several provincial mortgage-backed institutions that proliferated in Argentina during the 1860s, issuing their own circulating notes against land collateral rather than metallic reserves. The denomination in pesos plata boliviana — Bolivian silver pesos — rather than pesos fuertes reflects the monetary patchwork of the interior provinces, where Bolivian coinage still dominated everyday commerce well after independence.
Printed locally in Rosario rather than sent abroad to an established security printer, which was unusual even for the period and raises questions about the sophistication of the anti-counterfeiting measures employed.