Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Junta de la Administración de la Casa de Moneda, Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1844 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on plain paper, the note is enclosed within a crosshatched border frame and carries the denomination 'Un Peso' in ornate script at the centre, flanked by small oval vignettes each bearing the numeral '1'. The typeset legend spans multiple lines including the patriotic acclamation '¡VIVA LA CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA!' and the date '1º de ENERO de 1844' along the lower margin, with a manuscript signature of the issuing administrator applied across the lower portion of the text panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | ¡VIVA LA CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA! LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES Reconoce este Billete por Un Peso MONEDA CORRIENTE Por la Junta de Administracion de la Casa de Moneda 1º de ENERO de 1844 |
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The Junta de la Administración de la Casa de Moneda was the monetary authority operating out of the Buenos Aires mint during the Rosas era — a period when the province's paper currency had been inconvertible since 1826 and showed no realistic prospect of returning to specie backing. These notes circulated in an economy where depreciation was chronic and public trust in paper essentially nonexistent, yet the system persisted because there was no viable alternative.
Locally printed rather than contracted abroad, which was unusual for the region at the time. Most contemporary South American issues relied on European presses; Buenos Aires went its own way.