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100 Pesos
| Issuer | El Gobierno Nacional, Confederación Argentina |
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note with a fine guilloche border framing the entire face. The central text block, in Spanish, states that El Gobierno Nacional promises to pay the bearer one hundred pesos with one and a half percent monthly interest, redeemable at any national customs house against import and export duties; dated Paraná, 25 de Mayo de 1859. The denomination '100 $' appears at upper left and right, with 'CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA.' as the central heading, and 'CIEN PESOS.' at the foot; a manuscript serial number appears in the upper centre, and three signature lines are ruled for El Ministro de Hacienda, El Contador, and El Tesorero. |
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| Obverse lettering | Contrato de 10 de Mayo de 1859. 100 $ CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA. 100 $ Paraná, 25 de Mayo de 1859. No. EL GOBIERNO NACIONAL promete pagar al portador la cantidad de cien pesos y el interés de una y medio por ciento mensual desde la fecha de este documento hasta el día de su amortización en descuento de una tercera parte de los derechos de importación y exportación en cualquiera de las Aduanas Nacionales que fuere presentado. El Ministro de Hacienda. El Contador. El Tesorero. CIEN PESOS. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and shows the note held up to light, revealing the mirror image of the obverse typography bleeding through the thin paper stock. Multiple manuscript endorsements and annotations in ink are scattered across the surface, consistent with the note having circulated and been officially countersigned or cancelled. |
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