Catalog
50 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Buenos Aires - Ministerio de Hacienda / Aduana |
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| Year | 1820 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided letterpress note with a simple chain-link border frame enclosing the entire face. A circular official seal of the Provincia de Buenos Aires is centrally positioned in the upper half, surrounded by text along its circumference. Serial number and date are manuscript-written at the top, with the denomination 'VALE POR CINCUENTA PESOS' printed in the central text field, followed by the acceptance clause 'Admisibles en Aduana en introducciones maritimas y terrestres.' Two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | N. 647 VALE POR CINCUENTA PESOS. Admisibles en Aduana en introducciones maritimas y terrestres. PEPES VIRECE O AMGHTIZANALE. |
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Buenos Aires province issued paper money through its customs house in 1820 during a period of extreme fiscal stress — the provincial government had essentially no functioning central treasury, and the Aduana became a de facto issuing authority by necessity. These notes circulated within a commercial environment still adjusting to independence from Spain, with no established central bank and chronic coin shortages driving demand for any workable paper instrument.
PS#111 is among the earliest documented Argentine provincial paper issues. Locally printed and sealed rather than engraved abroad, the production quality reflects the limitations of Buenos Aires printing infrastructure at the time.