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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Provincia de Jujuy |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos |
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| Obverse description | Dark grey-green letterpress note headed 'LA PROVINCIA DE JUJUY / RECONOCE ESTA' in bold type, with a central title reading 'Obligacion de Tesorería' in ornate script. The provincial coat of arms appears centrally, flanked by a large numeral '50' vignette in an oval guilloche panel at left; the denomination 'CINCUENTA CENTAVOS' is rendered in large display lettering, with the text 'moneda nacional con arreglo a la ley respectiva' below. The note bears the date 'Jujuy 5 de Enero de 1903', an emission ceiling of '100,000', series designation 'Serie J.1', and two manuscript signatures above their printed titles of Contador General and Ministro General. |
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| Obverse lettering | LA PROVINCIA DE JUJUY RECONOCE ESTA Obligacion de Tesorería POR VALOR DE CINCUENTA CENTAVOS moneda nacional con arreglo a la ley respectiva Serie J.1 EMISION PARA Ñe 100,000 Jujuy 5 de Enero de 1903 CONTADOR GENERAL MINISTRO GENERAL |
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Jujuy's provincial note issues of the early 1900s emerged from a persistent shortage of small-denomination currency in Argentina's northwestern interior, where federal coinage rarely penetrated in sufficient quantity. The Provincia de Jujuy was among several Argentine provinces that took matters into their own hands — legally questionable, practically necessary.
The printer, Compañía Sud Americana de Billetes de Banco, was the Buenos Aires-based successor operation to the American Bank Note Company's South American interests, and handled much of Argentina's provincial and commercial paper at the time. PS#2023 is among the scarcer pieces from this issuer; Jujuy's total economic output was small, and redemption likely consumed most of the print run.