Documenta & Instrumenta
Documenta & Instrumenta (ISSN 1697-4328, ISSN-e 1697-3798) is a scientific journal containing original, unpublished articles. Founded in October 2003 by Juan Carlos Galende Díaz and Javier de Santiago Fernández, from the History of Americas and Medieval and Historiographical Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid, it aims to increase knowledge of the subjects included in this area (Palaeography, Diplomacy, Epigraphy, Numismatics and related sciences). It is intended for the national and international scientific community and is published annually.
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2022El canje de la moneda mexicana por el peso provincial en Puerto Rico (1895-1896) y Bartolomé Maura y Montaner
Extracted from Documenta & Instrumenta, vol. 20 (2022).
Abstract. In this research, we have reconstructed a part of the monetary history of Puerto Rico in the late nineteenth century. Our object of study has been the problem of the Mexican currency that circulated in Puerto Rico and the provincial peso minted in the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre in Madrid, to face this problem on the island (1895-1896). The provincial peso of Puerto Rico and the Exchange Note (Paper Money) used to carry out the exchange of the Mexican currency for the provincial peso were designed by the great artist and most prominent Spanish engraver of his time, Don Bartolomé Maura y Montaner. During the initial investigation, we could locate the original design of the Exchange Note (Paper Money), and the number of exchange notes manufactured to facilitate this monetary exchange is evident (5,000,000). We dare to affirm that the Exchange Note has been the paper money with the shortest time in circulation in some territories or country (it circulated freely for 21 days).
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