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37 1/2 Centavos Fuertes de Ley Nacional
| Issuer | Banco del Litoral |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a large central vignette with a bull or ox in the middle ground, flanked by two pastoral vignettes: a standing male figure with agricultural implements at lower left and a female harvester with a sheaf of wheat at lower right. The bank title BANCO DEL LITORAL is set in bold letterpress across the upper centre, with the place of issue PARANA and date JULIO 21 de 1871 above. The denomination CUATRO REALES appears in the top and bottom borders, with the numeral 4 in ornamental cartouches at each corner, and the legend PLATA BOLIVIANA below the central inscription. |
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The 37½ centavo denomination is immediately unusual — fractional values of this kind were a practical response to the chronic shortage of small coin in the Río de la Plata region during the 1860s and 1870s, where Spanish colonial reales-based accounting had left an awkward arithmetic legacy that decimal reform hadn't yet resolved cleanly. The Banco del Litoral, operating out of Corrientes province, was one of several provincial institutions issuing their own paper during this period, well before Argentina's 1890 financial collapse forced currency consolidation under the Banco de la Nación.
The "Fuertes de Ley Nacional" qualifier was a deliberate signal — distinguishing this emission from the debased moneda corriente still circulating in parts of the interior.