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1 Peso Fuerte
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on plain paper with a typeset and letterpress layout. A central vignette to the right presents a galloping horse in a landscape setting, framed by the bank name inscription 'El Banco Comercial de Corrientes' in an arc above. The denomination 'UN PESO FUERTE' is repeated in the border panels on all sides, with manuscript serial number and date spaces at upper left and lower centre, and a cursive signature of the bank representative at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES UN PESO FUERTE Por 1 Peso F.te Pagará a la vista UN PESO FUERTE al portador de este billete. CORRIENTES, 4 de Febrero de 1867 POR EL BANCO BANCO DE CORRIENTES |
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Banco Comercial de Corrientes was one of several provincial banks that briefly operated in Argentina's interior during the 1860s, issuing their own paper currency at a time when Buenos Aires had not yet consolidated monetary control over the provinces. The bank's notes circulated locally and were treated with varying degrees of trust depending on the institution's perceived solvency — provincial bank failures in this period were common enough that the public had good reason for skepticism.
This issue predates the national banking reforms that would eventually suppress provincial emission rights. PS#1575 is among the scarcer catalogued entries from the Corrientes series.