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12 1/2 Centésimos
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Printer | Lit. Alb. Larsch, Florida 193, Buenos Aires |
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| Obverse description | Small-format note with a fine letterpress border and guilloche corners bearing the denomination numeral '12½'. A central vignette in the upper portion presents a hunting dog standing amid grasses. The bank title 'EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES' arches across the top in bold roman lettering, below which the promise-to-pay text reads 'Pagará a la vista DOCE Y MEDIO CENTÉSIMOS al portador de este billete', with the issue place and date 'Corrientes 1° de Febrero 1867' and the manuscript signature 'Por el Banco' at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES A No Pagará a la vista DOCE Y MEDIO CENTÉSIMOS al portador de este billete Corrientes 1° de Febrero 1867 Por el Banco Lit. Alb. Larsch, Florida 193 B.A. |
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The Banco Comercial de Corrientes operated during a period when provincial banking in Argentina was essentially ungoverned at the federal level — each province issued its own notes with little oversight from Buenos Aires. This fractional denomination, denominated in centésimos rather than the more common centavos, reflects Corrientes's persistent attachment to older Río de la Plata monetary conventions that most other provinces had already abandoned by the 1860s.
Lithographed locally by Larsch on Florida Street rather than imported from European security printers, the note occupies the cheaper end of provincial issue — a practical choice for a denomination too small to justify the cost of an overseas contract.