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100 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 | Black letterpress note on pink-tinted paper, centred around a vignette of a large neoclassical building, likely the Casa de Moneda of Buenos Aires, set within a lightly engraved landscape. The denomination '100' appears in oval cartouches at upper left and upper right, with the patriotic inscription 'VIVA LA FEDERACION!' arched across the top centre. The entire design is framed by an octagonal guilloche border with repeated corner numerals, and two manuscript signatures with the date '1º Junio 1841' appear below the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | VIVA LA FEDERACION! LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES CIEN PESOS MONEDA CORR.TE Por la Junta de Admn. de la Casa de Moneda 100 1º JUNIO 1841 |
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The Junta de la Administración de la Casa de Moneda — the administrative body overseeing Buenos Aires's mint — issued paper currency during a period when the province operated its own finances entirely independently of any national framework. Argentina had no central bank in 1841; the Casa de Moneda functioned as the de facto monetary authority for Buenos Aires province under the Rosas government.
Printing locally in Buenos Aires meant limited typographic resources, and the series is known for inconsistent impression quality across surviving examples. PS#382 is among the higher denominations of this run, meaning it would have moved primarily through merchant and wholesale channels rather than daily retail trade.