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14 Centavos Fuertes = 1 Chirola
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Value | 14 Centavos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a vignette at left of a young child in portrait, set within an oval frame. The bank title 'EL BANCO NACIONAL' appears in large bold lettering across the upper portion, with the denomination 'CATORCE CENTAVOS FUERTES' in prominent text below, followed by a subsidiary line reading '(o una Chirola de igual valor)' and a reference to the national currency law. The serial number appears in a central box, flanked by the numeral '0.14' at lower left, with the place and date 'BUENOS AIRES, 1ro de Marzo de 1880' and two manuscript signatures at lower right, one for El Inspector and one for El Presidente. An Argentine national arms vignette appears at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL Serie A pagará al portador y a la vista CATORCE CENTAVOS FUERTES (o una Chirola de igual valor) en las monedas determinadas por la Ley Nacional. BUENOS AIRES, 1ro de Marzo de 1880 0.14 El Inspector El Presidente |
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The Banco Nacional issued this fractional note during a period when small-change shortages in Argentina were severe enough to push private and quasi-official institutions into producing low-denomination paper. The 14 centavos fuertes denomination is highly unusual — fractional notes of this specific value are rare globally, and its equivalence to one chirola (a colloquial coin unit) reflects the peculiar monetary arithmetic of the period rather than any standardized banking logic.
Guillermo Kraft, the Buenos Aires printer responsible for this note, was one of the most active commercial printers in Argentina during the latter nineteenth century, handling everything from government stationery to railway documents. Not a dedicated security printer.