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1 Peso
| Issuer | Provincia de Mendoza |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S2076 |
| Obverse description | Olive-brown letterpress note with the heading 'PROVINCIA de MENDOZA' across the top within a decorative border, flanked by ornamental rosettes. A central oval vignette at top contains a seated allegorical figure. The main text reads 'Letra de Tesorería' in large display lettering, with the denomination 'UN PESO' overprinted in red within a guilloche panel. Lower text states 'LA PROVINCIA DE MENDOZA RECONOCE AL PORTADOR' and 'MONEDA NACIONAL EN LAS CONDICIONES DE LA LEY', with 'MENDOZA, Junio de 1901' as the date. Two manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, attributed to the Ministro de Hacienda and Presidente del Crédito Público, with series and serial number printed in red. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark olive-green on plain paper, the reverse is divided horizontally by two bold 'UN PESO' inscriptions within ornate guilloche borders at top and bottom. The central section carries a right-facing female allegorical portrait vignette at right, beside a rectangular text panel citing the legal basis for the issue: 'Ley No. 343 de 13 de Junio de 1901', with the article specifying that the Letras de Tesorería shall be accepted as legal currency by provincial offices and in payment of fiscal debts. A large numeral '1' guilloche underprint occupies the left margin. |
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Mendoza's provincial treasury notes from this period existed because the Argentine national banking system had not yet fully absorbed the interior provinces into a coherent monetary framework — local commerce needed instruments the federal system wasn't supplying. Guillermo Kraft's Buenos Aires lithography house was the dominant commercial printer of the era, handling everything from railway timetables to official documents, which says something about how these provincial emissions were procured: through commercial contract, not through a dedicated security printer.
The PS prefix in the Pick catalog places this squarely in the provincial and state issues supplement — a category that remains underresearched relative to Argentine national issues.