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5 Pesos
| Uitgever | Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Ayres |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1864 |
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| Waarde | 5 Pesos |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Issued on green tinted paper, the obverse carries the Argentine national arms vignette at the upper left, with the date '1° de Enero de 1864' and a manuscript serial number at the top. The bank title 'EL BANCO Y CASA DE MONEDA DE BUENOS AYRES' is set in bold letterpress across the upper register, beneath which the text 'Reconoce este Billete por' introduces the large intaglio denomination numeral '5' in a decorative cartouche at the lower left, alongside the bold legend 'CINCO PESOS Moneda Corriente'. A manuscript signature appears at the lower right below the authorization line 'Por el Directorio'. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is unprinted, presenting plain green-tinted cotton paper with no design elements, text, or vignettes, consistent with provincial Argentine emergency issue practice of the period. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Ayres occupies a peculiar position in Argentine monetary history — it was simultaneously a bank and a mint, a dual function reflecting the chronic institutional fragility of Buenos Aires province in the decades before national monetary unification. This note predates the founding of the Banco de la República Argentina by nearly three decades and circulated in a period when provincial and national currency authority were still bitterly contested.
The PS prefix in the Pick catalogue indicates this is a privately-issued or state-chartered provincial note, distinct from national emission. By 1864, Buenos Aires had already weathered multiple currency crises driven by paper overissue, and public confidence in provincial paper remained thin.