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1 Peso
| Issuer | Provincia de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1843 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | The note is dominated by a large oval guilloche border enclosing the central text area, with a small oval vignette at centre bearing what appears to be a provincial arms or bust motif. The denomination UN PESO is inscribed at the top of the central panel, with two columns of handwritten text flanking the vignette stating the obligations of the Colecturía General and the government guarantee of the Province. Three manuscript signatures and a serial number appear within the note, along with the anti-counterfeiting legend at the foot reading 'La Ley condena al emisor, al falsificador y cómplice.' |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is plain, without printed design elements, consistent with the uniface handpress production typical of early Argentine provincial emergency issues. |
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Corrientes issued its own currency throughout much of the mid-nineteenth century as a matter of practical necessity — the province operated with considerable autonomy from Buenos Aires during the long years of caudillo-dominated federalism, and Buenos Aires paper money had little credibility or reach this far northeast. The 1843 date places this note squarely in the governorship of Pedro Ferré's political successors, a period of persistent rivalry with the Rosas confederation.
PS#1311 is among the earliest catalogued emissions for the province. Surviving examples are genuinely rare; Corrientes paper from this decade was issued in small quantities, circulated hard in a largely subsistence economy, and was not systematically preserved.