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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on an orange-tinted paper. A large central vignette shows an allegorical scene with the coat of arms of Buenos Aires province, flanked on the left by a portrait bust of a military figure in uniform and on the right by a portrait of a civilian statesman in formal dress. The denomination '1 UN PESO 1' appears in a guilloche panel at the center bottom, with the legend 'MONEDA NACIONAL ORO SEGUN LEY DE 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1881' below. The date 'Buenos Aires, Enero 1° de 1885' is printed in the upper right, with the serial number in the upper left and the imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New York at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES UN PESO MONEDA NACIONAL ORO SEGUN LEY DE 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1881 BUENOS AIRES, ENERO 1° DE 1885 INSPECTOR PRESIDENTE AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in black and displays an intricate symmetrical guilloche design of great complexity, with a large central rosette medallion surrounded by ornate lathe-work patterns and three oval counters each bearing the numeral '1'. The upper arc carries the legend 'BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA' and the lower arc reads 'DE BUENOS AIRES', framing the elaborate engine-turned underprint that fills the entire surface. |
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