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5.000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco y Casa de Moneda del Estado de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on white paper with an ornate engraved border of lace-like guilloche work framing the entire note. A central vignette portrays a classical allegorical female figure seated among clouds with one arm raised, flanked on either side by oval medallions bearing the denomination numeral 5000 within wreath cartouches. The issuer's name EL ESTADO DE BUENOS AYRES is inscribed in bold letterpress across the centre, below which a cursive legend reads 'Reconoce este Billete por CINCO MIL pesos moneda corriente', followed by the authorization line 'POR EL DIRECTORIO DEL BANCO Y CASA DE MONEDA', two manuscript signatures, and the date '1º Agosto 1857'. |
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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 Contador Presidente 1º Agosto 1857 5000 |
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The Banco y Casa de Moneda del Estado de Buenos Ayres occupied a peculiar constitutional position: it was the state bank of Buenos Aires province, not of Argentina as a whole, because Buenos Aires had seceded from the Argentine Confederation in 1852 after Urquiza's defeat of Rosas at Caseros. This note circulates entirely within that separatist interval — Buenos Aires operated as an independent state until 1861, running its own treasury and currency without reference to the Confederation's authorities in Paraná.
At this denomination, practical daily use was unlikely. Five thousand pesos moneda corriente in 1857 was a substantial commercial sum, placing these firmly in mercantile and institutional transactions rather than retail circulation.