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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Tesorería General de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note issued under the Ley de 1° de Octubre de 1860, with the large bold legend REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA across the centre flanked by the national arms. The serial number appears at upper left, the denomination "Por Veinte Pesos" is repeated at upper right and at the foot of the note, and a large numeral 20 vignette occupies the lower right corner. The body of the note carries a manuscript promise-to-pay text signed by the Minister of Finance and the Contador General, with an oval official ink stamp applied over the signatures. The place and date of issue, Paraná, are filled in manuscript at the upper text line. |
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| Obverse lettering | POR VEINTE PESOS. Nº 01312 Por Veinte Pesos REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA LEY DE 1º DE OCTUBRE DE 1860 Paraná La Tesorería General pagará a los … al portador la cantidad de veinte pesos … Vence el día … El Sr. Ministro de Hacienda El Contador General POR VEINTE PESOS. |
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The Tesorería General de la República Argentina was a fiscal body, not a bank — its note issues in this period occupied an awkward legal space between government warrants and circulating currency. The 1860 issue came during a tense interregnum in Argentine monetary history, after the failed Banco Nacional experiment but before any stable federal banking framework existed. Provincial and national paper circulated simultaneously, often at steep discounts depending on where you tried to spend it.
The sole security feature being an official stamp tells you something about the printing infrastructure available. No watermarked paper, no intaglio — just an administrative mark applied after the fact.