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20 Centésimos de Peso 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 | Black intaglio engraving on white cotton paper, with the full bank title EL BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES across the upper register and the denomination Veinte Centésimos de Peso de Oro in ornate lettering at centre, flanked by the numeral 0.20 in the upper corners. A vignette of a young woman in period dress and bonnet occupies the left panel, while a portrait of a bearded gentleman in formal attire, captioned PRESIDENTE, appears at right. The date 1º DE ENERO DE 1883, serial number field, INSPECTOR and PRESIDENTE signature lines, and the imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK are distributed across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES 1º DE ENERO DE 1883 Pagará al portador y á la vista Veinte Centésimos de Peso de Oro determinados por la Ley Nacional de 5 de Noviembre de 1881 No. 000000 INSPECTOR PRESIDENTE American Bank Note Co. New York 0.20 SPECIMEN |
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The Banco de la Província de Buenos Aires occupied an unusual position in Argentine monetary history — it was a provincial institution issuing its own paper currency well into the period when the national government was actively consolidating monetary authority in Buenos Aires city. This note dates to the same year Argentina officially adopted the peso de oro as its national monetary unit under the 1881 monetary reform, making the Provincia's continued parallel issuance a politically charged act, however routine it appeared commercially.
ABNC production at this denomination level typically involved steel-engraved intaglio work of high quality. The PS# prefix confirms this is catalogued as a private bank (provincial) issue rather than a national emission.