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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Tesorería de la Provincia de San Juan |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark olive-green on light paper, with an oval vignette at left showing a handshake motif. The heading reads 'Provincia de San Juan' in ornate script, below which appear the authority legend 'Ley de 20 Diciembre 1893' and the designation 'Obligación del Monte de Piedad'. The denomination 'Cinco Centavos' is set in large decorative lettering across the centre, flanked by numeral '5' corner pieces and guilloche borders, with the date 'San Juan, Setiembre 30 de 1895' and a manuscript signature of the Minister of Finance at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE SAN JUAN LEY DE 20 DICIEMBRE 1893 OBLIGACION DEL MONTE DE PIEDAD La Tesorería de la Provincia pagará al portador Cinco Centavos SAN JUAN, SETIEMBRE 30 DE 1895 MINISTRO DE HACIENDA Y OBRAS PUBLICAS SERIE 4 LIT. DE LA COMP. SUD AMERICANA DE BILLETES DE BANCO Bᴬ Aˢ |
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San Juan province issued its own fractional currency in 1895 because small-denomination coinage had effectively disappeared from local circulation — a chronic problem across Argentina's interior provinces in the late nineteenth century, where coin drained toward Buenos Aires and never returned. The Tesorería's solution was a series of low-denomination vales printed locally by the Compañía Sud Americana de Billetes de Banco, the Buenos Aires firm that handled much of Argentina's provincial paper during this period.
Fractional provincial issues from this era survive poorly. Daily handling of low-value notes destroys them fast, and redemption programs were rarely thorough enough to account for every piece.