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50 Centavos large size
| Issuer | Caja de Conversión, Argentina |
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| Year | 1900 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | República Argentina La Nación pagará al portador y a la vista 50 centavos moneda nacional LEY DE 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE 1897 CAJA DE CONVERSION (Translation: Republic of Argentina The Nation will pay the bearer and at sight 50 cents National currency Law of September 20, 1897 Conversion Fund) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue and ochre, the reverse is centered on the Argentine national coat of arms flanked by laurel branch ornamentation, with denomination and country name inscribed in clear letterpress type against the bicolor ground. |
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The Caja de Conversión was established by Argentina's 1899 Conversion Law, which pegged the peso to gold at a fixed rate and ended the monetary chaos of the preceding decade — a period of rampant note overissue that had driven the country to the brink of default in 1890. These early Caja notes were the first Argentine paper currency issued under that stabilized regime, and the institution's credibility depended heavily on public confidence in them.
Louis-Eugène Mouchon was a French engraver best known for his postage stamp work, including the celebrated 1900 Mouchon-type French definitive series issued the same year as this note.