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25 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S645 |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL Buenos Ayres, Agosto 1.° de 1873 Serie B Pagará al portador y á la vista, VEINTE Y CINCO CENTAVOS FUERTES en las monedas determinadas por la Ley Nacional. El Inspector El Directorio American Bank Note Co. New York |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in rose-red, the reverse is composed of an intricate arrangement of circular medallions containing provincial Argentine coat of arms vignettes, set against a lathework background. The denomination numerals 25 appear in large ornate figures at left and right, with two additional smaller 25 numerals at center top and bottom. The legends VEINTE CINCO and CENTAVOS are inscribed at top and bottom respectively, and the American Bank Note Co., New York imprint appears at the foot. |
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The Banco Nacional of Argentina issued this fractional note during a period when small-change shortages were chronic across the River Plate region — silver coins were routinely hoarded or exported, leaving commerce dependent on paper substitutes at denominations that no central authority had previously bothered to print. The American Bank Note Company produced the series in New York, as it did for most South American banking clients of the period, shipping finished notes across the Atlantic for local distribution.
The PS prefix in the Pick catalogue places this firmly in the specimen or private bank category — worth confirming whether circulated examples are actually documented, as some issues from this series are known primarily from proof or specimen material.