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15 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S654 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and green on white paper. At centre, the Argentine national coat of arms is set within a guilloche oval, flanked by two intaglio portrait vignettes — a female allegorical figure to the left and a male historical figure in military dress to the right. The denomination numeral '15' appears in ornate cartouches at upper left and right, with the bank title 'EL BANCO NACIONAL' arched across the top. The text 'Buenos Ayres, Agosto 1º de 1873' appears as the issue date, and the promise-to-pay inscription 'Pagará al portador a la vista Quince Pesos Fuertes' is printed across the centre field, with two manuscript signatures below. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL BUENOS AYRES, AGOSTO 1º DE 1873 PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA QUINCE PESOS FUERTES 15 |
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The Banco Nacional was a short-lived commercial institution operating under Argentine federal charter, and the 15-peso-fuertes denomination is one of the more unusual face values in the series — denominations like 15 were sometimes chosen to correspond to specific customs duties or commercial transaction norms rather than simple doubling sequences. The American Bank Note Company held a near-monopoly on South American government and banking contracts during this period, and notes from this era typically share plate geometry and border stock with contemporaneous issues from other regional clients.
PS#654 is among the scarcer survivors from this issuer. The bank's operating period was brief, and redemption or destruction of unissued remainders was common when successor institutions absorbed its functions.