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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Buenos Aires - Ministerio de Hacienda / Aduana |
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| Year | 1820 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | N. 963 PROV.A DE BUENOS AYRES AÑO DE 1820 PAPEL VIALETE O AMORTIZABLE VALE POR CINCO PESOS. Admisibles en Aduana en introducciones marítimas y terrestres. |
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| Protection description | Black ink or wax stamp seal affixed at upper right of obverse as an authentication device; two manuscript signatures of issuing officials appearing below the main text. |
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Among the earliest paper instruments issued on Argentine soil, this 1820 Aduana note predates any formal central banking apparatus by decades. Buenos Aires Province filled a fiscal vacuum left by the collapse of viceregal authority, and the Ministerio de Hacienda issued customs-backed obligations to manage port revenues at a moment when silver coinage was chronically scarce and the new republic had no credible monetary institution to speak of.
Authentication relied entirely on manuscript signatures and an official stamp seal — a fragility that invited forgery and contributed to deep public skepticism toward provincial paper. Survivors are rare, and condition is almost universally poor given the note's working life in a customs house environment.