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50 Centésimos
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain typographic design on light paper with guilloche border framing the note. The issuer name EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES is inscribed across the top in large letters, with the numeral 50 repeated in each corner. A central oval vignette carries the denomination 50 flanked by decorative elements, above the promise-to-pay legend PAGARA A LA VISTA / CINCUENTA CENTESIMOS / AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE. The place and date of issue, CORRIENTES 1º DE FEBRERO 1867, appear at the foot of the note, with manuscript signatures and printed imprint of the lithographer. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 CINCUENTA CENTESIMOS 50 EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES 50 PAGARA A LA VISTA CINCUENTA CENTESIMOS AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE CORRIENTES 1º DE FEBRERO 1867 Lit. Alo. Larcal Flordia 105 B.Aires |
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The Banco Comercial de Corrientes was one of several provincial banks operating in Argentina during the 1860s, a period when the national government had not yet asserted meaningful control over currency issuance. Corrientes province maintained its own financial infrastructure well into this decade, and fractional notes like this 50 Centésimos filled a genuine transactional gap — small silver coinage was chronically scarce in the interior provinces, forcing reliance on paper at denominations most central banks considered unworthy of issue.
Printed in Buenos Aires rather than locally, which was the practical reality for any provincial issuer wanting competent lithographic work at this period.