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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Provincia de Jujuy |
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| Year | 1903 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark grey-green letterpress note headed 'LA PROVINCIA DE JUJUY / RECONOCE ESTA' in bold type, with a central title reading 'Obligacion de Tesorería' in ornate script. The provincial coat of arms appears centrally, flanked by a large numeral '50' vignette in an oval guilloche panel at left; the denomination 'CINCUENTA CENTAVOS' is rendered in large display lettering, with the text 'moneda nacional con arreglo a la ley respectiva' below. The note bears the date 'Jujuy 5 de Enero de 1903', an emission ceiling of '100,000', series designation 'Serie J.1', and two manuscript signatures above their printed titles of Contador General and Ministro General. |
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| Reverse description | Uniform rose-red letterpress design with an all-over geometric guilloche border pattern framing a central text block containing the legal terms and conditions of the obligation, printed in Spanish. Large numerals '50' appear in circular guilloche medallions at left and right, with repeated ornamental rosette cornerpieces. The overall layout is dense with interlocking geometric underprint motifs in a single colour. |
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Jujuy's provincial note issues of the early 1900s emerged from a persistent shortage of small-denomination currency in Argentina's northwestern interior, where federal coinage rarely penetrated in sufficient quantity. The Provincia de Jujuy was among several Argentine provinces that took matters into their own hands — legally questionable, practically necessary.
The printer, Compañía Sud Americana de Billetes de Banco, was the Buenos Aires-based successor operation to the American Bank Note Company's South American interests, and handled much of Argentina's provincial and commercial paper at the time. PS#2023 is among the scarcer pieces from this issuer; Jujuy's total economic output was small, and redemption likely consumed most of the print run.