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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Ayres |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Size | 99 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse description | Uniface note printed on tan paper. The Argentine national coat of arms vignette occupies the left side, rendered in letterpress with the Sun of May above the oval shield encircled by a laurel wreath, surmounted by a large numeral '1' below. To the right, the issuer's name and denomination are set in bold letterpress type, with the date '1° de Enero de 1864' at the top, followed by a cursive legend line and the denomination 'UN PESO Moneda Corriente' in large ornate capitals, with a manuscript authorization line 'Por el Directorio' and a handwritten signature below. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1° de Enero de 1864 EL BANCO y CASA de MONEDA de BUENOS AYRES Reconocen este Billete por UN PESO Moneda Corriente (Translation: January 1, 1864 The Bank and Mint of Buenos Aires Recognize this Note as ONE PESO in Current Currency) |
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The Banco y Casa de Moneda de Buenos Aires was a provincial institution, not a national one — a distinction that mattered enormously in 1864. Argentina's provinces retained independent note-issuing powers well into the second half of the nineteenth century, and Buenos Aires, with its customs house revenues and dominant commercial position, was in no hurry to surrender that privilege to any federal authority. This note predates the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires's eventual consolidation of provincial finance by several years.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference flags it as a private or quasi-governmental issue rather than a central bank emission. Surviving examples from this series frequently show pronounced foxing along the horizontal fold lines, a known characteristic of the paper stock used.