20 Pesos

Issuer	Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata
Year	1829
Type	Log in to see details
Value	Log in to see details
Currency	Peso (1826-1985)
Composition	Log in to see details
Size	Log in to see details
Shape	Log in to see details
Printer	Log in to see details
Designer(s)	Log in to see details
Engraver(s)	Log in to see details
In circulation to	Log in to see details
Reference(s)	Log in to see details

Obverse description	The obverse is dominated by an elaborate calligraphic design in letterpress, with the bank title 'Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata' in ornate script across the upper portion. A central vignette shows three allegorical female figures, flanked on the left by two circular guilloche medallions enclosing the Argentine coat of arms and a numeral '0'. The promise to pay text reads 'Promete pagar al portador y a la vista VEINTE PESOS en Moneda Metálica', with the issuing location 'BUENOS AYRES' and date in manuscript, signed below by the Presidente y Directores.
Obverse lettering	20 PESOS Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata Promete pagar al portador y a la vista VEINTE PESOS en Moneda Metalica BUENOS AYRES Por el Presidente y Directores
Reverse description	The reverse of this early Argentine banknote is unprinted, as was customary for provincial and national bank issues of this period in the Río de la Plata region.
Reverse lettering	Log in to see details
Signature(s)	Log in to see details
Protection type	Log in to see details
Protection description	Log in to see details
Variants	Log in to see details
Comments	Log in to see details