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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Tesorería General |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | Rectangular note with a decorative guilloche border in light blue. The upper portion bears the legend 'DOS PESOS' in bold letters, below which 'REPUBLICA ARGENTINA' appears in a prominent sans-serif typeface. The central text area contains a handwritten date and a printed promise-to-pay clause from the Tesorería General, with the denomination '2 PESOS' printed in bold mid-field. A circular official seal is impressed at the right, and a small numeral '2' vignette appears between the two signature panels at the foot. |
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| Protection description | Circular impressed official seal applied to the right of the central text area |
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| Comments |
The Tesorería General issues of 1860 belong to a period when Argentina had no unified national currency — the country was operating under a patchwork of provincial and institutional emissions, each circulating with limited geographic reach. A treasury note rather than a bank note proper, this piece derives its authority from the issuing office itself rather than from any reserve-backed banking institution.
PS#226 is among the earlier catalogued Argentine fiscal emissions, and surviving examples are uncommon simply because treasury notes of this period were treated as transactional instruments, not savings vehicles. Redemption rates were irregular at best.