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50 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Rosario |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S1530 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on white cotton paper with an ornate border of repeated denomination numerals and fine guilloche work. A central oval vignette displays a standing rooster in an agricultural landscape, engraved in intaglio with fine detail. The bank title BANCO ARGENTINO appears in large letters across the upper portion, with the denomination CINCUENTA CENTAVOS in bold script, the date 1º Junio de 1866, series letter, and serial number in the lower field; the imprint of the American Bank Note Company appears at the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO ARGENTINO CINCUENTA CENTAVOS Reconece este Billete por CINCUENTA CENTAVOS de peso fuerte y pagará cinco pesos fuertes al portador de Rosario 1º Junio de 1866. SERIE B EL GERENTE Compañía Americana de Billetes de Banco Nueva York |
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The Banco Argentino was a provincial commercial bank operating out of Rosario during a period when Argentina had no unified national currency — competing provincial and private bank emissions circulated simultaneously, with acceptance depending heavily on public trust in the issuing institution. This note predates Argentina's 1890 banking collapse and the eventual consolidation under the Banco de la Nación by a full generation.
ABNC's involvement reflects the typical pattern of mid-19th century Latin American institutions contracting New York engravers for prestige and security. Rosario's rapid commercial growth as a grain-export hub in the 1860s gave banks like this one real economic weight, even if their emissions remained regionally bounded.