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5 Centavos - Province of Jujuy
| Issuer | Provincia de Jujuy (Tesorería) |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Size | 90 x 52 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | LA PROVINCIA DE JUJUY RECONOCE ESTA OBLIGACION DE TESORERIA SERIE J.3 POR VALOR DE Cinco Centavos m/n con arreglo a la ley respectiva EMISION PARA CANJE $ 100.000 JUJUY 1º DE ENERO DE 1903 CONTADOR GENERAL MINISTRO GENERAL Lit. Comp. Sub-Americ. de Billetes de Banco, Bs. As. (Translation: The Province of Jujuy acknowledges this Treasury Obligation for the value of Five Centavos m/n in accordance with the applicable law. Exchange Issue: $100,000. Jujuy, January 1, 1903. Comptroller General. Minister General.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on plain paper with a dense guilloche surround composed of interlocking rosettes and geometric latticework. Large numeral "5" vignettes occupy the left and right fields within circular guilloche medallions. The central panel carries a framed legal text block setting out Articles 4 and 5 of the authorising legislation, with a violet provincial cancellation stamp overlaid at centre. |
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Provincial treasury notes from Jujuy are among the more obscure emissions in Argentine fiscal history. The province, tucked into the far northwest near the Bolivian border, had chronic difficulty accessing national currency in sufficient quantities at the turn of the century — a practical problem that pushed several Argentine provinces into issuing their own low-denomination fractional notes for local retail use.
The Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco handled the bulk of provincial and municipal paper in this period, making them the de facto jobbing printer for fiduciary emergencies across the republic. Five centavos was about as small as these emissions got.