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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de San Luís |
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| Year | 1894 |
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| Value | 2 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by an intricate guilloche border with ornamental corner pieces bearing the numeral "2". The bank title "BANCO DE SAN LUIS" is printed in bold letterpress at the top centre, below which a serial number panel ("Nº") and series designation appear in a cartouche with decorative rosettes. The body of the note carries the full text of the certificado obligation in letterpress, referencing the Ley of 17 March 1894, with the place "SAN LUIS" and manuscript date, and two signature lines designated "TESORERO" and "PRESIDENTE", accompanied by a violet oval cancellation stamp. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE SAN LUIS Nº 00487 SERIE B EL BANCO de SAN LUIS, expide el presente certificado por valor de DOS PESOS m/n a favor del portador, el que de conformidad a la Ley 17 de Marzo de 1894, debe ser recibido en pago de impuestos fiscales atrasados Son $2 SAN LUIS, Julio 189 TESOREROPRESIDENTE LIT. JACOBO PEUSER, BUENOS AIRES |
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Banco de San Luís was one of several Argentine provincial banks authorized to issue currency under the 1887 Ley de Bancos Garantidos, which required note circulation to be backed by national guaranteed bonds held in Buenos Aires. The system collapsed spectacularly in 1890 — the financial crisis that brought down the Baring Brothers house — and most provincial issuers were wound up within a few years. A note dated 1894 from this bank is therefore late in the series, issued during the drawn-out liquidation period rather than at the height of provincial banking activity.
Jacobo Peuser was the dominant Buenos Aires lithographic house of the period, handling printing for multiple provincial banks simultaneously.