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50 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata |
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| Year | 1834 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out with ornate calligraphic script throughout. At upper left, the denomination '50 PESOS' is inscribed, while the bank title 'Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata' arcs across the upper portion flanking a central Argentine coat of arms vignette. To the left, a classical allegorical group of seated female figures appears, and the text 'Promete pagar al portador y a la vista CINCUENTA PESOS en Moneda Metálica' is set in the body of the note, with 'BUENOS AYRES' and signature lines for Contador and Presidente at the lower register. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted or bears only a plain paper surface, as is typical for early Argentine provincial banknotes of this period. |
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The Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata was established in 1826 under Bernardino Rivadavia's short-lived reform program, and its notes were intended to finance a unified national state that never fully materialized. When Rivadavia fell from power in 1827 and the unitarian project collapsed, the bank continued operating under provincial authority in Buenos Aires — a significant institutional demotion reflected in the increasingly local character of its later issues.
By 1834 the bank was on borrowed time, liquidated the following year under the Rosas administration. Notes from this terminal period were printed locally rather than commissioned abroad, which accounts for the comparatively crude typography found across the PS#373 series.