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5.000 Pesos
| Issuer | Estado de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1856 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Horizontal format note with a decorative border enclosing two oval vignettes: at left, a seated allegorical female figure with agricultural attributes, and at right, a mounted horseman in dynamic pose. The central text panel carries the denomination in bold letterpress, flanked by the numeral 5000 printed vertically in the side margins. A small circular arms vignette appears at the top centre, above the issuing authority inscription. Two manuscript signatures appear below the central text panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL ESTADO DE BUENOS AYRES Reconoce este Billete por CINCO MIL PESOS MONEDA CORRIENTE Por el Directorio del Banco y Casa de Moneda CINCO MIL 5000 |
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The Estado de Buenos Ayres was a separate political entity from the Argentine Confederation between 1852 and 1861, following Urquiza's defeat of Rosas at Caseros and Buenos Aires's subsequent secession from the newly formed confederation. This note was issued during that period of formal separation, when the province operated its own treasury, customs revenue, and monetary system entirely independent of the national government sitting in Paraná.
The PS prefix in the Pick numbering places it among provisional and state issues — a reminder that the political legitimacy of the issuer was itself contested at the time of printing.