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20 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central vignette of a llama or guanaco set in a landscape, positioned to the left of a large ornamental panel bearing the denomination '20 CENTs' in bold letterpress. The bank title 'EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA-FE' runs across the upper portion, flanked at each corner by '20 CENTAVOS' panels with numeral '20' within circular guilloche frames. The face further carries a handwritten promise-to-pay text, the issue place 'ROSARIO', date '1º de Setiembre 1874', series designation 'SERIE UNA', a manuscript serial number, and the printer's imprint 'LITOGRAFIA E. FLEUTI ROSARIO' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA-FE VEINTE CENTAVOS 20 CENTAVOS ROSARIO 1º de Setiembre 1874 SERIE UNA Nº Pagará a la vista y al portador Veinte Centavos fuertes en las monedas determinadas por la Ley Nacional 20 CENTs LITOGRAFIA E. FLEUTI ROSARIO POR EL DIRECTORIO |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa-Fé was established by provincial law in 1874, the same year this note was issued — making this among the earliest emissions of a bank that operated in chronic tension with the national monetary framework Buenos Aires was attempting to impose on the interior provinces. The *fuertes* designation was already somewhat archaic by this point, distinguishing silver-backed pesos from the inflated paper pesos corrientes still circulating in the region.
Litografía E. Fleuti in Rosario handled the printing — a local commercial lithographer rather than one of the specialist security printers then supplying most South American banking paper from Europe. That choice made the notes easier to produce quickly but also easier to imitate.