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12 1/2 Centésimos
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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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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| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES |
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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.