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Peso Moneda Corriente 1827
Referenced numismatic archives
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Peso Moneda Corriente Note
Referenced numismatic archives · Peso Moneda Corriente 1827 · 1827
An early paper peso note issued by the Banco de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata.
This flimsy paper note is the first of six times Valentina would be reborn under a new name after her value collapsed — a pattern that would repeat for two centuries.
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picturesqueillus00vida_0
Internet Archive digital collection
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Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo
Internet Archive digital collection · picturesqueillus00vida_0 · 1820
An illustrated travel account by British artist Emeric Essex Vidal depicting daily life and commerce in Buenos Aires.
These illustrations show the world Valentina was born into — a young, chaotic port city about to gamble everything on its own currency.
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Eva Perón 100 Peso Note
Referenced numismatic archives
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Eva Perón 100 Peso Note
Referenced numismatic archives · Eva Perón 100 Peso Note · 20th century
An Argentine peso banknote featuring the image of Eva Perón, one of the country's most iconic historical figures.
Valentina wearing the face of a woman as fiercely loved and fought over as she herself has always been — devalued again and again, but never forgotten.
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Museo del Bicentenario / Casa Rosada
Museo Casa Rosada
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Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace)
Museo Casa Rosada · Museo del Bicentenario / Casa Rosada · completed 1898
The presidential palace of Argentina, site of countless economic policy announcements including currency crises and devaluations.
Every one of Valentina's six deaths and rebirths was announced from balconies in or near this building.
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Cacerolazo category
Wikimedia Commons
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Cacerolazo Protest Photographs
Wikimedia Commons · Cacerolazo category · 2001
Photographs documenting the mass pot-banging protests during Argentina's 2001 economic collapse.
This is what it looks like when an entire country loses faith in Valentina all at once — pots and pans banged in the streets instead of trust in a currency.
Primary sources
The documents themselves. We link and quote — that is citation, and it needs no licence.
Wikipedia: Argentine Peso
encyclopedia_entry · Ongoing · Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
Overview of the Argentine peso's many historical incarnations and devaluations since 1826.
A general history of Argentina's currency and its many collapses and reinventions.
Wikimedia Commons: Cacerolazo
photo_archive · 2001-present · Wikimedia Commons contributors · Wikimedia Commons
Photo archive documenting pot-banging protests during Argentine economic crises.
A photo collection of Argentina's famous pot-banging street protests during economic crises.
Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo
illustrated_book · 1820 · Emeric Essex Vidal · Internet Archive
Early 19th-century illustrated account of life in Buenos Aires just before Argentine independence-era currency.
An old illustrated travel book showing what Buenos Aires looked like right before Argentina had its own money.
Wikipedia: Argentine Peso Moneda Corriente
encyclopedia_entry · Ongoing · Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia
Reference on the earliest paper peso issued by Buenos Aires Province.
Background on the very first paper peso ever issued in Argentina.
Casa Rosada Museum Historical Archive
museum_record · Ongoing · Museo Casa Rosada · Museo Casa Rosada
Official historical archive of Argentina's presidential palace and its role in national economic history.
The official historical archive of Argentina's presidential palace.
Where this money travelled
Valentina's peso was born in a Buenos Aires bank in 1826 and has been reborn under new names again and again, from Baring Brothers' London loans to the 2001 collapse.
Buenos Aires (Banco de las Provincias Unidas)-34.6037, -58.3816
Casa Rosada-34.6084, -58.3702
London (Baring Brothers)51.5072, -0.1276
The Pampas-36.6167, -64.2833
Washington, D.C. (IMF)38.8994, -77.0447
What we don't know
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- 5 of 5 objects on this page are cited but not shown — either the rights are not cleared, or we could not verify that an available image really depicts the object. We would rather show you nothing than show you the wrong thing.
- 2 source(s) here are Wikipedia — a tertiary source. It is a pointer, not our evidence. These are being replaced with the primary documents Wikipedia itself cites.
