Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE Buenos Ayres 10 Pesos Promete pagar al portador y a la vista la cantidad de Diez Pesos en moneda metalica BUENOS AYRES Por los Directores y Accionistas |
| Reverse description | The reverse of this early Argentine banknote is plain, without printed design or lettering, consistent with the simple production standards of early nineteenth-century South American provincial note issues. |
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The Banco de Buenos Ayres was established in 1822 under Bernardino Rivadavia's reformist government and became the first bank of issue in the Río de la Plata region. This note predates the catastrophic 1826 financial crisis that would force the bank's conversion into the Banco Nacional de las Provincias del Río de la Plata — meaning notes from this year sit right at the inflection point before the institution collapsed under the weight of war financing for the Cisplatine conflict against Brazil.
Printed locally in Buenos Aires, the note is among the earliest paper currency produced in Argentina rather than contracted to European printers.