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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Londres y Río de la Plata, Rosario |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central vignette of a classical allegorical figure, likely a cherub or youth, set within an ornate oval frame at the left. To the right, a portrait vignette of a male figure appears within a circular frame surmounted by the bank's title BANCO DE LONDRES Y RIO DE LA PLATA. The design is framed by an elaborate guilloche border with repeated numeral 20 corner ornaments and the geographic designation ROSARIO at the top, with the denomination VEINTE PESOS along the lower margin and a central text panel bearing the promise-to-pay legend in Spanish. |
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| Obverse lettering | ROSARIO BANCO DE LONDRES Y RIO DE LA PLATA 20 VEINTE PESOS Pagaremos a la vista y al portador VEINTE PESOS moneda boliviana en efectivo o su equivalente en moneda de ley al tipo de veinte y un peso boliviano por diez y seis pesos fuertes ROSARIO, 10 de Noviembre de 1871 POR EL BANCO |
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Banco de Londres y Río de la Plata was a British-owned institution operating in Argentina, incorporated under English law but issuing notes denominated in local currency through its branches. The Rosario branch was a distinct note-issuing entity from the Buenos Aires parent, and PS1742 is catalogued separately precisely because of that regional distinction — provincial circulation was effectively isolated from Buenos Aires, and notes issued in Rosario rarely travelled far.
1871 was a catastrophic year for Rosario. A yellow fever epidemic — the same outbreak that devastated Buenos Aires — struck the city hard. Whether this note saw meaningful commercial use or sat frozen in disrupted banking activity during those months is an open question the survival rate alone cannot answer.