10 Pesos

The Tesorería General notes of 1860 occupy an awkward transitional moment in Argentine monetary history — the provincial treasury system was already under pressure from the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, which had been issuing its own paper since 1854 and would increasingly absorb fiscal functions through the decade. A Tesorería General 10 Pesos from this period was not a bank note in any modern sense but closer to a fiscal warrant, backed by treasury receipts rather than specie reserves.

PS#220 is among the scarcer entries in the Argentine provincial series. Locally printed Argentine notes of this era frequently show uneven ink distribution due to the limited press technology available outside Buenos Aires's main commercial printers.