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4 1/2 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco del Litoral |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Value | 4½ Centavos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is executed in classical intaglio and letterpress style, with the issuer's name EL BANCO DEL LITORAL set in large bold letterpress across the centre, above the denomination legend CUATRO Y MEDIO CENTAVOS FUERTES. A small oval portrait vignette is centrally placed, and all four corners carry medallions bearing the fractional numeral 4½. The note is dated PARANÁ, 31 de Diciembre de 1880, with a red serial number in the upper right and the series designation SERIE A also present. |
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| Obverse lettering | CUATRO Y MEDIO CENTAVOS F.S CUATRO Y MEDIO CENTAVOS F.S PARANÁ, 31 de Diciembre de 1880 EL BANCO DEL LITORAL PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA CUATRO Y MEDIO CENTAVOS FUERTES en las monedas determinadas por la Ley Nacional del 24 de Octubre de 1876 Por el Banco SERIE A 4½ |
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The Banco del Litoral was one of several provincial Argentine banks operating under the loose banking framework of the 1870s, before the Banco Nacional and eventually the Caja de Conversión consolidated monetary authority. A denomination of 4½ centavos fuertes is genuinely peculiar — fractional centavo notes were issued to address chronic small-coin shortages, but half-centavo fractions are rare enough in any Latin American series to warrant attention.
The "fuertes" designation distinguished these notes from the depreciated papel moneda circulating elsewhere in the country at the time.