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1 Peso
| Issuer | Commandancia Politica y Militar de las Islas Malvinas |
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| Year | 1824-1829 |
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| Currency | Peso |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 PESO Este VALE se recibe en esta Isla de MALVINAS en cambio por comestibles, ó géneros, ó en la ciudad de BUENOS AIRES, á la vista en moneda metálica, por via de una órden dada por el que subscribe. (Translation: This voucher is received on this Island of Malvinas in exchange for groceries or goods, or in the city of Buenos Aires, at sight in metallic currency, by means of an order given by the undersigned.) |
| Reverse description | Blank, unprinted. |
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One of the rarest items in South American colonial numismatics. The Commandancia Politica y Militar de las Islas Malvinas was the Buenos Aires-appointed civil and military authority established on the islands in 1823 under Luis Vernet, and any paper currency attributed to this administration predates Britain's forcible expulsion of Argentine officials in January 1833 — giving these notes an effective issuing window of under a decade, with the political situation deteriorating sharply after 1829.
Documentation on this issue is extremely thin. Treat any attribution of specific printings, quantities, or circulation data with caution.