Vollständige Bilder anzeigen — kostenlose Registrierung
Mit Google fortfahren — kostenlos oder mit E-Mail registrieren

2 Reales

Emittent Casa de Moneda y Banco de la Provincia de Corrientes
Jahr 1861
Typ Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Nennwert Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Währung Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Material Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Größe Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Form Rectangular
Druckerei Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Designer Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Stecher Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Im Umlauf bis Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Referenz(en) Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Vorderseitenbeschreibung The note is printed in dark ink on a plain paper ground, with the full circular arc inscription CASA DE MONEDA Y BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA DE CORRIENTES arranged around the perimeter in ornate letterpress lettering. A central rectangular cartouche carries the denomination legend DOS REALES / Moneda Corriente in bold serif type, flanked on each side by the numeral 2 within decorative scroll vignettes. The lower margin bears the manuscript date Año de 1861 and a Serie field, with a small numeral panel in the upper right corner.
Vorderseitenlegende Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Rückseitenbeschreibung No reverse image available; the reverse details are not documented in the current catalog record.
Rückseitenlegende Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Unterschrift(en) Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Sicherheitsmerkmal Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Varianten Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Anmerkungen

Corrientes was the only Argentine province to issue its own independent paper currency after the fall of Rosas — and to keep doing so for decades, in open defiance of the centralizing financial architecture Buenos Aires was trying to impose. This 2 Reales note from 1861 predates the national currency unification by years, issued by a provincial institution that fused mint and banking functions under a single roof, an unusual arrangement even by contemporary Latin American standards.

Provincial notes from Corrientes of this period were chronically overissued relative to any metallic reserve, and the real/peso exchange fluctuated badly. Survival rate for low-denomination paper from this issuer is poor — the 2 Reales circulated hard and was not saved.