Catalog
50 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Buenos Aires - Ministerio de Hacienda / Aduana |
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| Year | 1820 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | N. 647 PESOS VEINTE O ANGUSTIZALLE VALE POR CINCUENTA PESOS. Admisibles en Aduana en introducciones maritimas y terrestres. |
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| Protection description | Circular ink-stamped official seal of the Provincia de Buenos Aires applied to the obverse |
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The Province of Buenos Aires operated its own fiscal apparatus well before any stable national monetary system existed in Argentina, and this note — issued jointly by the Treasury and Customs — reflects that administrative reality. The dual ministerial authority printed on these obligations was a practical necessity: customs revenue was among the few reliable income streams available to the provincial government, and tying paper obligations to that source gave them at least nominal backing.
1820 was a year of acute political fragmentation — the collapse of central authority following the Battle of Cepeda left Buenos Aires effectively governing itself. Notes of this type circulated in a market that had little reason to trust them.