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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain unadorned note with engraved text in ornate script throughout. At upper left, an oval vignette bearing the denomination '10 Pesos'; to the right, the bank title 'El Banco de Buenos Ayres' in elaborate calligraphic lettering above a central text block with the promise-to-pay legend in Spanish. A small heraldic vignette of the Buenos Aires coat of arms appears at the left margin, and the note bears a manuscript date and handwritten signatures of bank officials at the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE Buenos Ayres 10 Pesos Promete pagar al portador y a la vista la cantidad de Diez Pesos en moneda metalica BUENOS AYRES Por los Directores y Accionistas |
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The Banco de Buenos Ayres was established in 1822 under Bernardino Rivadavia's reformist government and became the first bank of issue in the Río de la Plata region. This note predates the catastrophic 1826 financial crisis that would force the bank's conversion into the Banco Nacional de las Provincias del Río de la Plata — meaning notes from this year sit right at the inflection point before the institution collapsed under the weight of war financing for the Cisplatine conflict against Brazil.
Printed locally in Buenos Aires, the note is among the earliest paper currency produced in Argentina rather than contracted to European printers.