50 Centavos

Features

Issuer	Argentina
Issuing bank	Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (Banco Central de la República Argentina)
Period	Federal Republic (1861-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1942-1948
Value	50 Centavos (0.50 ARM)
Currency	Peso moneda nacional (1881-1969)
Composition	Paper
Size	115 × 64 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	31 December 1962
Number	N# 215716
References	Bottero# 1801-1804, 1804a, etc. Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Colantonio# 401-406 Eduardo Colantonio; 2024. Catalogo Billetes Argentinos 1884-2024: Catalog of Argentine Banknotes. Self-published. , P# 250 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1935-1948 (ND) - Ley 12.155 del 28.3.1935

Obverse

Effigy of progress (a seated woman representing the republic who rests her right hand on a plate with the Argentine coat of arms while holding a lit torch with her left).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
República Argentina
La Nación
pagará al portador y a la vista
50 centavos
moneda nacional
Emisión al cargo del gobierno nacional Art. 36 Ley 12155
Por el gobierno nacional
Banco Central de la República Argentina

Translation:
Argentine Republic
The Nation
will pay to the bearer on demand
50 cents
national currency
Issued by the national government Article 36 law 12155
By the national government
Central Bank of the Argentine Republic

Designer: Louis-Eugène Mouchon

Reverse

Blue design showing the Argentine coat of arms, texts and a representation of laurels as the predominant theme.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
República Argentina
50 Centavos

Translation:
Argentine Republic
50 Centavos

Watermark

RA in top left corner of obverse
Type 1C

Signatures

Raúl Prebisch (RP)	General Manager
Ernesto Bosch (EB)	President
Edmundo G. Gagneux (EGG₁)	Deputy General Manager
Edmundo G. Gagneux (EGG₂)	General Manager
Domingo O. Maroglio (DOM₁)	General Manager
Miguel Miranda (MM)	President
Ernesto H. Carreras (EHC)	General Manager
Domingo O. Maroglio (DOM₂)	President

Comments

There are 4 signature varieties; printed in black ink, except for varieties 2, 3 and 4, in blue ink.

Watermark varieties: on first issue, with serie “C”, was used paper from National Government Bonds, with legend “República ARGENTINA DEUDA INTERNA DE LA NACIÓN”; since paper was bigger than notes, text is only partially legible. All “D” series have 1C watermark type ("AR").

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Date	Signatures	VF	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1942)	RP, EB	$ 2.70		Bottero# 1801 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Colantonio# 401 Eduardo Colantonio; 2024. Catalogo Billetes Argentinos 1884-2024: Catalog of Argentine Banknotes. Self-published.	1 Serie C black signature (watermark partial "DEUDA INTERNA")	28%
ND (1943)	RP, EB			Bottero# 1802 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Colantonio# 402 Eduardo Colantonio; 2024. Catalogo Billetes Argentinos 1884-2024: Catalog of Argentine Banknotes. Self-published.	2 Serie D blue signature (watermark 1C))	10%
ND (1944-1945)	EGG₁, EB			Bottero# 1803 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Bottero# 1804 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Colantonio# 403 Eduardo Colantonio; 2024. Catalogo Billetes Argentinos 1884-2024: Catalog of Argentine Banknotes. Self-published.	4 Serie D (watermark 1C) blue signature"SUBGERENTE GENERAL"	10%
ND (1945)	EGG₂, EB			Bottero# 1804a Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Colantonio# 404 Eduardo Colantonio; 2024. Catalogo Billetes Argentinos 1884-2024: Catalog of Argentine Banknotes. Self-published.	3 Serie D (watermark 1C) blue signature "GERENTE GENERAL"	14%
ND (1946-1947)	DOM₁, MM		$ 3.60	Bottero# 1805 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Bottero# 1806 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Colantonio# 405 Eduardo Colantonio; 2024. Catalogo Billetes Argentinos 1884-2024: Catalog of Argentine Banknotes. Self-published.	5 Serie D (watermark 1C)	37%
ND (1947-1948)	EHC, DOM₂			Bottero# 1807 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Bottero# 1808 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina. , Colantonio# 406 Eduardo Colantonio; 2024. Catalogo Billetes Argentinos 1884-2024: Catalog of Argentine Banknotes. Self-published.	6 Serie D (watermark 1C)	30%

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