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| Issuer | El Gobierno Nacional, Confederación Argentina |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Value | 100 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Horizontally oriented letterpress note with a typeset border composed of repeated small vignette medallions enclosing the entire design. The upper register carries the legend CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA flanked by the denomination '100$' on both sides, with a circular HACIENDA handstamp applied at upper right; vertical side panels bear CIEN PESOS in stacked lettering. The central text body, printed in letterpress, sets out in Spanish the promise to pay one hundred pesos at one percent monthly interest, redeemable at any National Customs house, dated in manuscript at Paraná, June 1857, with printed role titles for El Ministro de Hacienda, El Contador General, and El Tesorero each followed by manuscript signatures. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries no independently printed design elements; the obverse letterpress text and border medallions bleed through in mirror image. Manuscript annotations and ink endorsements, likely applied by customs or treasury officials during circulation, appear across the reverse face. |
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| Protection description | Circular HACIENDA ink handstamp applied at upper right of obverse as an official validation mark. |
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