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1 Peso
| Issuer | Junta de la Administración de la Casa de Moneda, Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1844 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided letterpress note enclosed within an ornate guilloche border, with the denomination numeral "1" set in circular cartouches at each corner. A bold patriotic legend runs across the top — "¡VIVA LA CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA! ¡MUERAN LOS SALVAGES UNITARIOS!" — followed by the issuing authority text, while the central value inscription "Un Peso" appears in elaborate calligraphic script flanked by small oval vignettes of the Argentine coat of arms. The date "1º de ENERO de 1844" is printed at the foot, accompanied by a manuscript serial number and a handwritten signature. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted plain paper. |
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The Casa de Moneda in Buenos Aires functioned less as a conventional mint and more as a provincial paper money machine during the Rosas years — its notes were the primary circulating medium in the province long before a national currency existed. The 1844 date places this squarely within Juan Manuel de Rosas's second governorship, when the province's finances were under constant pressure from blockades and military expenditures.
Printed locally rather than contracted to a European house, these early Argentine provincial notes are often found with significant wear and foxing, a consequence of both heavy circulation and the variable quality of domestic paperstock available at the time.