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50 Pesos
| Issuer | El Gobierno Nacional, Confederación Argentina |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Value | 50 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | A typeset letterpress note issued under the Decreto de 7 de Mayo de 1857, with the bold legend EL GOBIERNO NACIONAL across the centre above a body text promising payment to the bearer of fifty pesos with one percent monthly interest, redeemable against customs duties at any national customs house. The denomination CINCUENTA PESOS appears in the left and right vertical margins and along the bottom border, with 50 PESOS repeated in the upper corners; a circular HACIENDA handstamp is applied at upper right. Three manuscript signatures appear below the printed signature lines for El Ministro de Hacienda, El Contador General, and El Tesorero. |
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| Reverse lettering | Bono — 50$ Paraná 28 de Octubre 1857 50$ 93 |
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The Confederación Argentina was a short-lived political entity — the result of the 1852 split between Buenos Aires province and the remaining Argentine confederation, which established its capital at Paraná, Entre Ríos. Notes issued under the Gobierno Nacional during this period were printed locally at Paraná, an unusual circumstance for the era; most Argentine paper issues of the 1850s were contracted to European or North American printers. Local production meant uneven quality and limited anti-counterfeiting capability, hence the reliance on handstamps as the primary security measure.
The confederation was dissolved in 1861 following the Battle of Pavón, which effectively ended the Paraná government. Notes of this series had a correspondingly brief circulation window.