Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1858 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL ESTADO DE BUENOS AYRES RECONOCE ESTE BILLETE POR DIEZ PESOS MONEDA CORRIENTE Por el Directorio del Banco y Casa de Moneda Mayo 25 de 1858 |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse of aged cotton paper, showing no typeset or engraved design elements, with the surface exhibiting typical fold lines and paper wear consistent with circulation. |
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The Banco y Casa de Moneda was Buenos Aires province's own institution, deliberately separate from any national authority — this was the height of the secession period, when the Estado de Buenos Ayres had rejected the Argentine Confederation and operated as a sovereign entity with its own currency, customs revenue, and monetary policy. The 1853 constitution had been ratified without Buenos Aires, and notes like this one were a direct expression of that political rupture.
The PS prefix in the Pick catalogue signals provincial or state-level issue. By the time Buenos Aires reintegrated into the Argentine Republic in 1862, these notes were retired from use.