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4 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de la Província de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and blue on white paper. To the left, a vignette depicts a group of wild horses in motion, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. At centre, the issuer's name appears in large bold lettering across two lines reading 'PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES', with 'EL BANCO DE LA' above and 'CUATRO PESOS FUERTES' below in a decorative panel. To the right, an intaglio portrait vignette of a gentleman in period dress occupies a circular frame, flanked by the word 'CUATRO' in a boxed panel at the far right; the numeral '4' appears at lower left within an ornamental cartouche, and two manuscript signature lines are visible at centre-right above the denomination text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, with an elaborate guilloche lathe-work pattern covering the entire surface within a scalloped oval border. At centre, a rectangular panel outlined with fine geometric ornament bears the inscription 'CUATRO PESOS FUERTES' flanked above and below by the word 'FUERTES'. The numeral '4' in stylised form appears in ornamental cartouches to the left and right of the central panel, all set against a dense background of interlocking rosette and star guilloche work. |
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The Banco de la Província de Buenos Aires occupied an unusual position in Argentine monetary history — it functioned as a de facto central bank for the province long before any national institution existed, and its notes circulated widely beyond provincial borders. The 1871 dating places this note in a particularly turbulent year: Buenos Aires was in the grip of a yellow fever epidemic that killed roughly eight percent of the city's population, precipitating a mass exodus that disrupted commerce and, inevitably, banking activity.
ABNC printed the full series from its New York facility, with engraved plates of consistent quality. The PS#526 reference situates this within the provincial chartered series, distinct from the later nationally supervised issues.