Catalog
200 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata |
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| Year | 1834 |
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| Value | 200 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in black on cream paper with a fine guilloche border. At upper centre, a vignette of three classical allegorical figures is flanked by the bank title 'BANCO NACIONAL' in bold letterpress, with the inscription 'DE LAS PROVINCIAS UNIDAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA' arcing around it. To the left, a circular vignette carries a coat of arms, while the denomination '200 PESOS' appears at upper left; the body of the note carries a manuscript promise-to-pay text reading 'Se promete pagar al portador y a la vista DOSCIENTOS PESOS en Moneda Metálica', with place and date 'Buenos Ayres... 18—' and the authorization line 'Por los Directores y Accionistas', above two handwritten signatures identified as Contador and Presidente. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is plain, unprinted or bears only a simple uniform paper texture consistent with early Argentine provincial note production of the 1830s. |
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The Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata was a short-lived institution, chartered in 1826 and liquidated by 1836 after chronic political interference and the financial strain of the war with Brazil gutted its reserves. This 200 Pesos note, issued near the end of that existence, circulated during a period when the bank had already lost the confidence of much of its depositor base and was operating under severe convertibility restrictions imposed years earlier.
Printed locally in Buenos Aires rather than contracted to a European house — unusual for the period and region — which contributes to the comparatively rough execution found across the series. PS#375 is among the higher denominations of the bank's final issues, and survivors in any condition are genuinely uncommon.