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 | A plain letterpress typeset note enclosed within a simple rectangular outer frame, with the corner numeral '1' repeated at each of the four angles. The denomination 'Un Peso' is set in a larger stylized script at centre, flanked by small ornamental vignettes, above a multi-line legend reading 'LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES / Reconoce este Billete por / MONEDA CORRIENTE / Por la Junta de Administracion de la Casa de Moneda'. The date '1° de ENERO de 1844' is letterpress-printed at the foot, with a manuscript signature appearing above it. |
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| Obverse lettering | LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES Reconoce este Billete por Un Peso MONEDA CORRIENTE Por la Junta de Administracion de la Casa de Moneda 1° de ENERO de 1844 |
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The Junta de la Administración de la Casa de Moneda was Buenos Aires's provincial monetary authority — not a national central bank, which Argentina would not consolidate for decades. This note predates the Confederación period and circulated in a political environment where Buenos Aires Province actively resisted integration with the interior provinces, partly to retain control of customs revenue and, by extension, its currency apparatus.
The 1844 series is catalogued under PS# (Specialized) rather than the main Pick sequence, reflecting its provincial rather than national character. Genuine survivors with legible manuscript dates are harder to find than the catalog frequency suggests.