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50 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Mauá y Ca., Rosario |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark green and black on white paper, with the bank title 'BANCO MAUÁ & Cía.' in large letters across the upper portion flanked by the numeral '50' on each side. A central oval portrait vignette to the right shows a distinguished male figure in formal attire, while a smaller landscape vignette to the lower left depicts a pastoral scene. The note bears manuscript fields for date, number, and value on the left counterfoil stub, with the place of issue 'Rosario' and the promise-to-pay text 'VALE POR CINCUENTA PESOS FUERTES' inscribed across the centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO MAUÁ & Cía. 50 PESOS FUERTES VALE POR CINCUENTA PESOS FUERTES En la presentación de este billete pagaremos al portador Cincuenta Pesos Fuertes Rosario No. Fecha Valor Cincuenta Pesos Fuertes CINCUENTA PESOS FUERTES |
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Banco Mauá y Ca. was the Argentine arm of the commercial empire built by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa, the Brazilian Baron of Mauá — one of the most ambitious private banking operations in nineteenth-century South America. The Rosario branch issued its own notes separately from the Buenos Aires operation, reflecting the commercial weight Rosario had acquired as a grain and livestock export hub on the Paraná.
The American Bank Note Company printed this series at a moment when Argentine provincial and private bank issuance was essentially unregulated. Mauá's entire network collapsed in 1875, and notes from the Rosario branch were never redeemed at full value.