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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Banco de Londres y Río de la Plata, Rosario |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos |
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| Obverse description | At the left centre, an oval intaglio vignette presents a bull standing in water, executed in fine engraving. The upper field carries the legend REPUBLICA ARGENTINA above the bank name in bold letterpress, with the denomination CINCUENTA CENTAVOS centred below, while ROSARIO appears in the upper margin and ornate guilloche panels at each corner bear the numeral denomination. The lower portion carries the promise-to-pay text in Spanish, dated 1 July 1866. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA BANCO DE LONDRES Y RIO DE LA PLATA 50 CENTAVOS. Pagarémos al portador y á la vista DIEZ Y SEIS PESOS FUERTES ó su equivalente en moneda de curso legal por cada Treinta y Dos de estos billetes. Rosario, 1º de Julio de 1866 POR EL BANCO ROSARIO CINCUENTA CENTAVOS |
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The Banco de Londres y Río de la Plata was the Argentine branch of the London and River Plate Bank, a British overseas institution that opened in Buenos Aires in 1862 and expanded to Rosario shortly after. Provincial note-issuing by foreign commercial banks was a live controversy in Argentina through the 1860s — the national government repeatedly attempted to consolidate monetary authority, with limited success. This note predates the 1867 Conversion Office reforms, which effectively curtailed private banco emission in Buenos Aires province, though Rosario operations had their own regulatory timeline.
The Rosario branch issues are considerably scarcer than Buenos Aires equivalents from the same institution.