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9 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Value | 9 Centavos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on white paper with red serial number. Three oval guilloche medallions bearing the denomination '0.09' flank a central vignette of a young girl reclining with a dog. The bank title 'EL BANCO NACIONAL' appears in bold letterpress across the centre, with the written denomination 'NUEVE CENTAVOS FUERTES' below, and the place and date 'BUENOS AYRES, 2 de Enero 1879' at the foot alongside manuscript and printed signature lines. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL NUEVE CENTAVOS FUERTES pagará al portador N° a la vista en las monedas determinadas por la ley Nacional. BUENOS AYRES, 2 de Enero 1879 G. Kraft Reconquista 62 B. Aires El Inspector El Director SERIE |
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The Banco Nacional's 9 centavos fuertes denomination is one of the more eccentric fractions to survive from Argentine provincial banking. The "fuertes" designation distinguished these notes from the heavily depreciated paper pesos moneda corriente then in circulation — the implication being that these were backed by something harder, though in practice the distinction was often more aspirational than real.
G. Kraft operated as a commercial printer in Buenos Aires rather than a specialist security press, which is reflected in the relatively modest production values of this series. Low-denomination fractional notes of this type rarely survived circulation in any quantity.