Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | El Gobierno Nacional, Confederación Argentina |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note issued under the Confederacion Argentina, with the central text block reading 'EL GOBIERNO NACIONAL promete pagar al portador la cantidad de DIEZ PESOS' followed by interest and amortization terms. The heading carries the denomination '10 PESOS' at each upper corner flanking the title 'CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA', with a reference to the decrees of 7 May and 3 June 1857 along the top border. Three signature lines are ruled at the foot, assigned respectively to El Ministro de Hacienda, El Contador General, and El Tesorero, with the place and date 'Paraná' handwritten above the text block, and the serial number inscribed in manuscript. |
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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 |
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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.