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50 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Rosario |
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| Year | 1866-1873 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ARGENTINO PAGARÁ A LA VISTA CINCUENTA PESOS 50 pesos boliviana ó su equivalente en moneda de ley Rosario 1o Setiembre de 1866 EL GERENTE EL PRESIDENTE PESOS 50 |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on plain paper, the reverse is composed entirely of geometric guilloche lathe-work forming an intricate lattice field. A central horizontal band bears the issuer's name 'BANCO ARGENTINO.' in bold serif lettering with 'ROSARIO' beneath, flanked by two circular guilloche rosettes. The denomination '50' appears in four cartouches at the corners and in a crown cartouche at top center and bottom center, all integrated into the ornamental engine-turned border. |
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The Banco Argentino was one of several private provincial banks operating in Rosario during Argentina's pre-unification banking period, when individual banks issued their own currency with minimal federal oversight. The denomination in pesos plata boliviana rather than pesos fuertes reflects the monetary fragmentation of the era — Bolivian silver coinage circulated widely in the interior provinces and the Littoral, and denominating notes in that unit was a practical commercial decision, not an anomaly.
American Bank Note Company handled a substantial portion of South American private bank printing through this period. The PS prefix in Pick's catalogue signals a private or provincial issuer, and the high number within that series reflects how crowded that market was.