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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Provincia de Mendoza |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE MENDOZA LETRA DE TESORERÍA LA PROVINCIA DE MENDOZA RECONOCE AL PORTADOR 50 CENTAVOS MONEDA NACIONAL EN LAS CONDICIONES DE LA LEY MENDOZA, Diciembre de 1914 Serie J MINISTRO DE HACIENDA PRESIDENTE DEL CRÉDITO PÚBLICO LIT.ª KRAFT B.SAIRES. |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by large numeral '50' medallions at left and right within lathe-work guilloche borders, with the word 'CINCUENTA' in decorative bannerwork at top and bottom and 'CENTAVOS' below each numeral. The central panel carries a printed text block headed 'UNIFICACIÓN POR CANJE' setting out the legal conditions of redemption by reference to provincial decree and laws. |
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Mendoza's 1914 fractional notes were issued by provincial authority during a period when small-denomination federal coinage had effectively disappeared from everyday commerce across interior Argentina — hoarded, exported, or simply worn out of circulation. Provincial and municipal bodies stepped in to fill the vacuum, and Mendoza was among several provinces that commissioned their own emergency fractional paper in this period.
Litografía Kraft was a well-established Buenos Aires commercial printer, not a specialist security press. That matters: these notes were produced to a commercial rather than fiduciary standard, which is reflected in how readily they were counterfeited and how quickly authorities moved to withdraw them once federal coinage supplies normalized.