Catalog
7 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Muñoz y Rodriguez & Ca., Tucumán |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Currency | Peso Fuerte (1826-1884) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown ink on a pink guilloche underprint. The bank title "BANCO MUÑOZ Y RODRIGUEZ Y Ca." appears in a central cartouche at the top, flanked by two rectangular spaces for hand-written denominations reading "SIETE" in framed panels at each lower corner. To the left is an oval vignette with the Argentine coat of arms surrounded by a laurel wreath, and to the right is a circular portrait vignette of a female allegorical figure in profile wearing a floral crown. The central text states the promise to pay seven pesos fuertes, with place and date reading "Tucuman, Junio 1° de 1883". |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE A BANCO MUÑOZ Y RODRIGUEZ Y Ca. pagará al portador y a la vista SIETE PESOS FUERTES ó su equivalente en monedas de ley. Tucuman, Junio 1° de 1883. SIETE SIETE Cajero |
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Banco Muñoz y Rodriguez & Ca. was one of the provincial free-banking era institutions that operated in Argentina before the 1890 financial collapse forced a sweeping nationalization of currency issuance. The "pesos fuertes" denomination — strong pesos, as opposed to the heavily depreciated paper pesos of earlier decades — reflects the monetary environment of the early 1880s, when Argentina was attempting to stabilize exchange through convertible provincial notes backed by metallic reserves.
The odd 7-peso denomination is genuinely unusual. Argentine provincial banks of this period typically issued in round figures; a 7-peso note suggests either a specific commercial or payroll application, or a deliberate attempt to discourage counterfeiting through an atypical face value. No large-denomination series from this issuer appears in the standard catalogs, making this an isolated survivor of a short-lived private banking venture in Tucumán.