Catalog
200 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco y Casa de Moneda del Estado de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1856 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is engraved in a dark intaglio style with an elaborate guilloche border framing the entire note. A central vignette portrays an agricultural and pastoral scene with figures and cattle, flanked by two oval medallions bearing the numeral 200 and a coat of arms respectively. The denomination DOSCIENTOS appears in letterpress across the top panel, with the issuing authority text EL ESTADO DE BUENOS AYRES and the promise to pay inscription in script lettering referencing the DIRECTORIO del BANCO y CASA de MONEDA, dated 1° Mayo 1856. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOSCIENTOS Nº 1° Mayo 1856. 200 EL ESTADO de BUENOS AYRES Pagese en Billete por DOSCIENTOS Pesos Moneda Corriente Por el DIRECTORIO del BANCO y CASA de MONEDA |
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The Banco y Casa de Moneda del Estado de Buenos Ayres operated during the brief but consequential period when Buenos Aires province functioned as a separate political entity from the Argentine Confederation — the secession lasted from 1852 to 1861. Notes issued during this window carry the provincial rather than national authority, a distinction that matters for attribution. The "Casa de Moneda" component of the issuer name reflects the institution's dual mandate: both currency emission and mint operations fell under a single roof.
At 200 pesos, this sits near the top of the denomination range for the series — a face value that kept it largely out of everyday retail exchange and in mercantile or government transaction use.