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1 Peso
| Issuer | Provincia de Mendoza |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Provincia de Mendoza Letra de Tesorería La Provincia de Mendoza RECONOCE al PORTADOR UN PESO Moneda Nacional EN LAS CONDICIONES DE LA LEY MENDOZA, Diciembre de 1914 (Translation: Province of Mendoza Treasury Bill The Province of Mendoza RECOGNIZES the BEARER ONE PESO M.N. UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE LAW MENDOZA, December, 1914) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown. A central oval vignette contains a detailed engraving of a monumental sculptural group atop a rocky elevated base — consistent with the Monument to the Army of the Andes (Cerro de la Gloria, Mendoza). The vignette is framed by elaborate guilloche lacework borders with numeral "1" counters at left and right. A text panel at the bottom carries the unification decree and legal disposition. |
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Argentina's provincial governments retained the right to issue emergency paper currency well into the twentieth century, and 1914 was precisely the kind of year that triggered it — the outbreak of war in Europe caused an immediate liquidity crisis as gold exports froze and commercial credit collapsed across the country. Mendoza's Tesorería stepped in to keep local transactions moving, issuing small-denomination notes backed by provincial funds rather than the national treasury.
Kraft was a reliable Buenos Aires printer with deep roots in commercial lithography, the expected choice for a provincial emergency emission with no time for elaborate intaglio work.