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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on white paper and displays a central allegorical vignette of a seated female figure with a harbor and ships in the background, flanked at left by a standing female figure in period dress and at right by a portrait vignette of a uniformed military officer. The denomination '100' appears in large numerals at upper left and upper right within ornate circular frames, with the issuer's name 'PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES' arched across the top. A rectangular panel in the center carries the text 'Reconoce este Billete por CIEN PESOS moneda corriente 1° Enero de 1869', with signature lines for the Inspector and the President of the province below. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES Reconoce este Billete por CIEN PESOS moneda corriente 1° Enero de 1869 Por el Inspector Por el Presidente de la Prov. |
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The Provincia de Buenos Ayres operated its own note-issuing apparatus largely independent of the national government — a consequence of the prolonged political standoff between Buenos Aires province and the Argentine Confederation that had only formally resolved in 1862. Provincial paper continued circulating well into the 1870s, backed by the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires rather than any federal authority.
The American Bank Note Company engraved and printed this series in New York, as they did for much of Latin American paper currency in this period. ABNC's involvement was essentially a guarantee of anti-counterfeiting sophistication that local South American printers could not yet match.