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Argentina 1866 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 1 Real Rosario Type A printed signature serial 635405

Argentina 1866 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 1 Real Rosario Type A with Printed Signature Issued Note (PS1731, Bauman SFE 70)

Cataloged as PS1731 and Bauman SFE 70, the Rosario 1 Real vale stands among the earliest surviving paper issues associated with British-controlled banking activity in Argentina, illustrating the formative stage of Anglo-Argentine financial infrastructure. Read more →

ArgentinaIssued Note18661 RealFine–Very Fine (issued example with printed authorization signature) Issued Note1 RealBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataRosario BranchPrivate BanknotePrinted Signature TypeTypographic Bank ValeCommercial Promissory NoteBolivian Silver StandardProvincial Currency SystemRiver Trade EconomyBritish Banking ExpansionEarly Argentine Paper MoneyEarly Argentine BanknoteNineteenth Century Provincial BankingArgentinaRosario1866Museum GradeR8 Extremely Rare
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Argentina 1866 Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 1 Real Rosario Type B handwritten signature serial 636796

Argentina 1866 - Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata 1 Real Rosario Type B with Hand Signature Issued Note (PS1731, Bauman SFE 70)

The Argentine monetary system of the 1860s remained highly fragmented. Provincial issues circulated alongside pesos fuertes, reales, merchant drafts, and Bolivian silver coinage. By specifying redemption in "Plata Boliviana," the bank aligned its obligations with a widely recognized silver reference used throughout regional trade networks. Read more →

ArgentinaIssued Note18661 RealFine (issued example with original manuscript authorization signature) Issued Note1 RealBanco de Londres y Rio de la PlataRosario BranchPrivate BanknoteHand-Signed AuthorizationTypographic Bank ValeCommercial Promissory NoteBolivian Silver StandardProvincial Currency SystemRiver Trade EconomyBritish Banking ExpansionEarly Argentine Paper MoneyEarly Argentine BanknoteNineteenth Century Provincial BankingArgentinaRosario1866Museum GradeR8 Extremely Rare
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Argentina 1884 El Banco del Chaco 1 Peso Moneda Nacional Oro, Serial 05056, corner-missing example

Argentina 1884 - El Banco del Chaco 1 Peso Moneda Nacional Oro Serial 05056 (Pick S1566)

Fragments like this reveal a side of Argentine currency that proofs and specimens can never show. This note lived its entire life on the northern frontier, circulating through timber camps, cattle posts, ferries, and river warehouses where humidity, heat, and rough handling were the rule, not the exception. Paper currency in the Chaco wasn’t saved-it was used until it disintegrated. The missing corner, softened fibers, and color-faded reverse are all consistent with notes exchanged dozens of times per week in an economy where banking infrastructure was minimal and money physically travelled with merchants, ranchers, and labor caravans.

Argentina 1867 Oxandaburu y Garvino 5 Pesos Bolivianos remainder, Pick S1776r, serial 009148 with retained matching counterfoil, GARVINO misspelling and American Bank Note Company engraving

Argentina 1867 - Banco Oxandaburu y Garvino 5 Pesos Bolivianos Remainder (Pick S1776r)

This 5 Pesos Bolivianos remainder was prepared in 1867 for Oxandaburu y Garvino of Gualeguaychu, Entre Rios, during an early period of private and provincial paper-money issuance in Argentina. The note preserves its original left counterfoil together with the complete unsigned banknote face and carries serial number 009148 on both sections, directly linking the retained accounting stub with the principal note.

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