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50 Pesos Nacionales
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Currency | Peso Nacional (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark green and black on light paper, with the bank title arching across the upper portion flanked by oval '50' counters at each corner. A central vignette presents the Argentine coat of arms supported by two cherubs, with a standing allegorical female figure to the left and a portrait bust of a uniformed military figure in an oval frame to the right. The denomination legend 'CINCUENTA PESOS NACIONALES' is set in bold letterpress at centre, beneath the bearer clause, with the place and date of issue inscribed below alongside manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA SS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y Á CA VISTA CINCUENTA PESOS NACIONALES Ó SU EQUIVALENTE EN MONEDA DE LEI Córdoba |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks granted note-issuing rights in the 1860s and 1870s, operating under a decentralized monetary arrangement that preceded the eventual nationalization of currency under the Banco Nacional. Provincial notes like this one circulated largely within their home province, accepted reluctantly — if at all — elsewhere, and their value against the national peso fluctuated with local commercial confidence in the issuing institution.
The Córdoba provincial bank collapsed during the financial crisis of 1890, one of the most severe in Argentine history. Notes that survived redemption are genuinely scarce; the 50 pesos denomination saw far less routine commercial use than lower-value issues, meaning surviving examples tend to come from old holdings rather than circulation.