Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted note printed in letterpress, with the Argentine coat of arms vignette at upper left and a large numeral '1' at lower left. The issuer's name runs across the upper portion in bold type, with the date '1° de Enero de 1864' and a manuscript serial number at upper right. The central denomination legend 'UN PESO Moneda Corriente' is set in large display type, below which the authorization line 'Por el Directorio' appears above a manuscript signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1° de Enero de 1864 EL BANCO Y CASA DE MONEDA DE BUENOS AYRES Reconocen este Billete por UN PESO Moneda Corriente Por el Directorio |
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The Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Ayres was the successor institution to the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires's earlier monetary operations, functioning during a period when the Argentine Confederation and the State of Buenos Aires had only recently reunified — a fragile political settlement reached in 1861. Provincial banks continued issuing their own notes well into the 1860s before any meaningful federal monetary integration took hold.
PS catalogue prefixes indicate South American state and provincial bank issues outside the mainstream national series. This note falls squarely in that category — a provincial instrument predating centralized Argentine currency control by nearly two decades.