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2 Pesos de Oro
| Issuer | Banco de la Província de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out in a horizontal format with an intaglio-engraved vignette of a galloping horse at centre, set against a lightly engraved landscape background. To the left, an oval portrait vignette of a bearded gentleman in three-quarter view is framed by fine guilloche work, with the word DOS repeated in the lower corners; to the right, a second oval portrait of a clean-shaven gentleman in formal attire appears within a similar decorative border. The denomination DOS PESOS DE ORO is inscribed in bold letterpress across the lower centre, with the date 1º DE ENERO DE 1883 and issuing authority BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA / BUENOS AIRES rendered in arch form across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA BUENOS AIRES 1º DE ENERO DE 1883 DOS DOS PESOS DE ORO PAGARAMOS AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA DETERMINADOS POR LA LEY NACIONAL DE 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1881 POR EL American Bank Note Co. New York |
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The Banco de la Província de Buenos Aires was one of the most powerful provincial institutions in Argentina, frequently operating at odds with federal monetary policy in Buenos Aires City. This note was issued during a period of sustained tension between provincial and national banking authority — the very conflict that would contribute to the bank's forced federalization in 1891 following the Baring Crisis.
ABNC printed extensively for Argentine provincial issuers throughout this period, and the PS numbering confirms this as a provincial rather than national series. The distinction matters: provincial notes from this era were often refused at par outside their home province.