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1 Peso

Issuer Banco de Buenos Ayres
Year 1826
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Value 1 Peso
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Obverse description Typeset note printed in brown ink on plain paper, with the denomination panel "UN PESO" in a dark rectangular cartouche at upper left. A small coat of arms vignette with laurel branches is centred at the top, flanked by the cursive issuer title "El Banco de Buenos Ayres" in elaborate calligraphic script. The body carries a promise-to-pay text in Spanish in mixed letterpress and script lettering, with the authority panel "POR LOS DIRECTORES Y ACCIONISTAS" in a ruled box at lower centre, followed by a manuscript signature.
Obverse lettering UN PESO
El Banco de Buenos Ayres
Promete pagar al portador y á la vista DIEZ Y SIETE PESOS ó una onza de Oro sellado, por diez y siete de estos Billetes
POR LOS DIRECTORES Y ACCIONISTAS
Reverse description Reverse is unprinted, consisting of plain undyed cotton paper with visible fold lines and age toning consistent with early nineteenth-century hand-paper stock. No text, vignettes, or security devices are present.
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