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50 Centavos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé, Rosario |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA FÉ Serie B No. 00000 SantaFé, Enero de 1875 Pagará a la vista CINCUENTA CENTAVOS PLATA BOLIVIANA ó su equivalente en las monedas determinadas por la LEY NACIONAL El Inspector El Directorio MUESTRA MUESTRA 50 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA FÉ CINCUENTA CENTAVOS 50 50 |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa-Fé was a provincially chartered institution operating under the decentralized banking framework that characterized Argentina before the 1890 financial crisis swept away most of the provincial note-issuing banks. This note, payable at Rosario rather than the provincial capital, reflects the commercial weight of that city — by the 1870s Rosario was already the dominant grain export port on the Paraná and generated substantially more commercial traffic than Santa-Fé itself.
The PS-811A and PS-812 pairing — same bank, two payment cities — is a reminder that place of issue on Argentine provincial notes is a substantive distinction, not a minor variety.