Catalog
5.000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco y Casa de Moneda del Estado de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, presenting a mirror layout of the obverse design with the same ornate guilloche border and lace-pattern frame. The central allegorical vignette is repeated, flanked by oval denomination medallions reading 5000, with the issuer legend and authorization lines visible in a lighter blue impression. The lower portion carries the role titles PRESIDENTE and CONTADOR in place of manuscript signatures, along with the date line. |
| Reverse lettering | EL ESTADO DE BUENOS AYRES Por el Directorio del Banco y Casa de Moneda PRESIDENTE CONTADOR 5000 |
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The Banco y Casa de Moneda del Estado de Buenos Ayres occupied a peculiar constitutional position: it was the state bank of Buenos Aires province, not of Argentina as a whole, because Buenos Aires had seceded from the Argentine Confederation in 1852 after Urquiza's defeat of Rosas at Caseros. This note circulates entirely within that separatist interval — Buenos Aires operated as an independent state until 1861, running its own treasury and currency without reference to the Confederation's authorities in Paraná.
At this denomination, practical daily use was unlikely. Five thousand pesos moneda corriente in 1857 was a substantial commercial sum, placing these firmly in mercantile and institutional transactions rather than retail circulation.