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10 Pesos
| Issuer | Junta de la Administración de la Casa de Moneda, Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1841 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Rose-tinted note printed on pink paper, centred around an oval vignette of two sheep resting in a pastoral landscape with foliage. The denomination '10 PESOS' appears at the upper left, with a serial number at upper right; numerals '10' occupy the lower corners. Two rectangular panels flank the central vignette bearing manuscript text. The lower portion carries the full issuing authority in letterpress, a manuscript date of 'MARZO 1º 1841', and two handwritten signatures. The patriotic motto '¡VIVA LA FEDERACION!' is inscribed in an arc at the top centre. |
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| Reverse description | Plain rose-pink paper with no printed design, exhibiting a uniformly tinted surface with visible paper texture and minor age-related creasing. |
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The Junta de la Administración de la Casa de Moneda was the monetary arm of the Rosas government in Buenos Aires province, and by 1841 it had been issuing paper pesos for over a decade — the provincial currency having effectively collapsed from over-emission well before this note was printed. Argentina had no unified national currency at this point; each province managed its own paper, and Buenos Aires pesos traded at a steep discount against hard money throughout the early 1840s.
Printed locally rather than contracted to a European house, which accounts for the relatively crude execution compared to contemporary Brazilian or Chilean issues.