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9 Centavos Fuertes de Ley Nacional
| Issuer | Banco del Litoral |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Value | 9 Centavos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by intricate guilloche borders with corner medallions inscribed 'UN REAL'. At centre, large bold text reads 'UN REAL' over a handwritten promise to pay in Plata Boliviana, dated Paraná, 1° Octubre de 1875. A vignette to the right depicts two swans on water, with the serial number and series designation printed above the central text block. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DEL LITORAL 080012 Serie C RECONOCE ESTE BILLETE POR UN REAL PLATA BOLIVIANA que pagara a la vista PARANA 1° Octubre de 1875 POR EL BANCO |
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The Banco del Litoral was one of several provincial Argentine banks operating under the 1854 banking law framework, issuing notes redeemable in fuertes — the hard-currency-denominated peso system that coexisted uneasily with the depreciating paper pesos of Buenos Aires. The 9-centavo denomination is genuinely odd: fractional notes at this level were driven by chronic small-coin shortages in the Litoral provinces, not by any standard banking logic.
PS#1712 sits in a series where surviving examples are rare enough that condition judgments are almost beside the point. The Banco del Litoral was nationalized and wound down well before Argentina's 1890 financial collapse, cutting short whatever circulation life these fractionals might otherwise have had.