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500 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black and red letterpress note with a horizontal rural vignette across the upper left, showing a cattle yard or estancia scene with figures and animals under a covered structure. The large bold inscription 'LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES' arcs across the centre, with 'Reconoce este Billete por' in script beneath and 'QUINIENTOS PESOS' in bold capitals below that. A portrait vignette of a uniformed military figure occupies the lower right corner, flanked by ornate guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral '500' in red at left and right, with a red oval counter at upper right; the date 'moneda corriente 1 Enero de 1869' appears in manuscript script, with two handwritten signature lines at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES Reconoce este Billete por QUINIENTOS PESOS moneda corriente 1 Enero de 1869 Por el Inspector Por el Presidente del Banco |
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The Provincia de Buenos Ayres operated its own note-issuing apparatus independent of the national government for decades — a product of the long constitutional struggle between Buenos Aires province and the Argentine Confederation that wasn't fully resolved until the federalization of the city in 1880. This note predates that settlement by eleven years, issued when provincial banking authority was still a serious political fact rather than a remnant.
ABNC printed extensively for Argentine provincial issuers throughout this period, and the handwritten serial numbers reflect standard practice for lower-volume runs where mechanical numbering wasn't cost-justified. The "Ayres" spelling — archaic even by 1869 — was retained in official usage long after common orthography had shifted to "Aires."