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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Provincia de San Juan |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S2174 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on a light orange-brown underprint with an elaborate guilloche border. At upper left, an oval vignette contains the Argentine coat of arms with a palm tree and flags. The central legend reads 'PROVINCIA DE SAN JUAN' at top, with 'LETRA DE TESORERÍA' in a decorative cartouche below; the denomination 'CINCUENTA CENTAVOS' appears in bold letterpress across the centre. The note bears a date of 1 July 1909, two manuscript signatures, and a circular red official stamp at lower right, with the serial number printed in red at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE SAN JUAN LETRA DE TESORERÍA Serie E LEY DE 17 ENERO 1909 LA PROVINCIA DE SAN JUAN PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA CENTAVOS SAN JOSE, 1° de Julio de 1909 NÚMERO 121625 PRESIDENTE DEL CRÉDITO PÚBLICO MINISTRO DE HACIENDA Y O. PÚBLICAS LIT. COMP. SUD-AMERIC. DE BILLETES DE BANCO, Bs. As. |
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San Juan province issued its own fractional currency in 1909 to address a persistent shortage of small-denomination national coinage that afflicted interior Argentine provinces well into the early twentieth century. The national government had repeatedly failed to supply adequate coin to the provinces, forcing several to print their own emergency fractions — a practice technically tolerated rather than formally sanctioned by Buenos Aires.
The printer, the Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco, was the dominant local security printer of the period, handling note production for several provincial authorities as well as private banks across the region. Pick PS2174 is among the scarcer of San Juan's provincial emissions from this series.