Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 1948-1951 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA PAGARA AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA UN PESO MONEDA NACIONAL Ley N° 12.962 del 27 de marzo de 1947 (Translation: CENTRAL BANK OF REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE PESO NATIONAL CURRENCY Law No. 12,962 of March 27, 1947) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA UN PESO (Translation: ARGENTINE REPUBLIC ONE PESO) |
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Mouchon's involvement here is a historical echo — the French engraver died in 1914, decades before this note was issued. The Argentine authorities were working from existing plate designs, a common cost-saving practice that meant mid-century banknotes sometimes carried artwork conceived in a very different political moment. The Banco Central had been restructured under Perón in 1946, bringing the institution under direct state control after years of a more orthodox central banking model.
The series ran across a four-year window during which inflation was already beginning to erode the peso's purchasing power — the 1 Peso denomination was losing practical relevance even as it was being printed.