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10 Pesos
| Issuer | El Gobierno Nacional, Confederación Argentina |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse lettering | CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA Decretos de 7 de Mayo y de 3 de Junio de 1857 10 PESOS EL GOBIERNO NACIONAL promete pagar al portador la cantidad de DIEZ PESOS, y el interes del dos por ciento mensual desde la fecha de este documento hasta el dia de su amortizacion, en descuento de una tercera parte de derechos en cualesquiera de las Aduanas Nacionales que fuere presentado. El Ministro de Hacienda El Contador General El Tesorero DIEZ PESOS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted save for faint ruled lines visible through the paper, and bears various handwritten manuscript endorsements and transfer notations applied at different times, consistent with circulation use of a bearer instrument. The paper shows heavy aging, foxing, and edge wear. No formal printed design elements are present on this side. |
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The Confederación Argentina operated as a rival state to the Buenos Aires Province government between 1853 and 1862, following Buenos Aires's refusal to ratify the new federal constitution. These notes were issued under that contested federal authority — the "Gobierno Nacional" designation was politically charged, not merely administrative. Buenos Aires rejected its legitimacy outright and ran its own parallel financial system throughout the period.
PS# prefix places this in the Specialized catalog under semi-governmental or provisional issuers. Surviving examples from the 1857 Confederación series are genuinely scarce; the interior provinces that formed the Confederación had thin commercial networks and limited note circulation relative to the port economy centered on Buenos Aires.