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20 Centesimos
| Issuer | Banco Mauá y Ca., Rosario |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set within an ornate engraved border with corner rosettes and repeating guilloche ornaments. To the left, an oval intaglio portrait vignette shows a distinguished gentleman in formal attire with a bow tie. At upper center, the bank title 'BANCO MAUÁ & CIA.' is flanked by the numeral '20' on each side, with a small equestrian vignette to the right of the bank name. The central text panel states the obligation 'VALE POR VEINTE CENTÉSIMOS DE PESO FUERTE' along with a manuscript date, place of issue 'ROSARIO,' serial number, and manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 BANCO MAUÁ & CIA. VEINTE CENTÉSIMOS Nº 004104 VALE POR VEINTE CENTÉSIMOS DE PESO FUERTE ROSARIO |
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Banco Mauá y Ca. was the Argentine subsidiary of the financial empire built by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, the Barão de Mauá — Brazil's most ambitious 19th-century industrialist and banker. The Rosario branch operated during a period when provincial and private banks in Argentina issued their own circulating notes with minimal federal oversight, a situation that ended definitively with the 1890s banking reforms.
The PS prefix in the Pick reference indicates this is catalogued among speciman or private/state issues — worth confirming against the full Cuhaj listings, as some Mauá branch notes exist in issued and unissued states, with survival rates differing sharply between the two.