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5 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1903 |
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| Obverse description | Uniface note printed in black on white paper with an overall guilloche border and corner ornaments bearing the numeral "5". A vignette at the lower left presents a grazing sheep beside a tree, rendered in fine letterpress engraving. The bank title "EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE STA FE" runs across the top in bold capitals, with the series designation "SERIE UNA" and a five-digit serial number at centre, below which the denomination "CINCO CENTAVOS fuertes" appears in large script alongside the payment clause and the place-and-date line "Rosario 1° de Setiembre 1874", with the note issued "POR EL DIRECTORIO" at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE STA FE SERIE UNA Pagará a la vista y al portador CINCO CENTAVOS fuertes en las monedas determinadas por la Ley Nacional. Rosario 1° de Setiembre 1874 (Translation: THE PROVINCIAL BANK OF STA FE SERIES ONE It will pay at sight and to the bearer FIVE CENTS strong in the currencies determined by the National Law. Rosario September 1, 1874) |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa Fe was one of several Argentine provincial banks that issued their own currency during the 1860s and 1870s, before the national government progressively curtailed that authority. This fractional denomination — five centavos fuertes — speaks to a chronic small-change shortage that plagued interior commercial centers like Rosario throughout this period, where coin circulation was persistently inadequate for everyday retail transactions.
Printed locally by Litografía y Fuentes in Rosario rather than sent abroad to a major security printer, the production quality reflects the practical limitations of provincial lithographic work of the time.