Catalog
1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1823 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is plain, with no printed design or lettering, consistent with early nineteenth-century Argentine provincial note production. |
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| Protection type | Handwritten serial number, Manuscript signatures, Bank seal |
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The Banco de Buenos Ayres was established in 1822 under Bernardino Rivadavia's reform program — Argentina's first proper bank, founded partly to finance provincial government debt and stabilize a currency situation that had been running on Spanish colonial coin and improvised credit instruments. This 1 Peso note is among the earliest paper money issued in the territory that would become Argentina.
Production was entirely local, which explains the handwritten serials and manuscript signatures: there was no established security printing infrastructure in Buenos Aires at the time. The bank collapsed in 1826 following a financial crisis tied to a failed London loan, making the operating window for notes in this series quite short.