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1 Peso Boliviano
| Issuer | Oxandaburu y Garbino |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central oval vignette of two figures seated at a table, rendered in fine intaglio engraving, flanked by two smaller rectangular vignettes: a bull to the lower left and a cow to the lower right. The firm name OXANDABURU Y GARVINO is set in large bold letterpress across the upper portion, with the promise text 'Pagarán al portador y á la vista' below. A large red overprint reads 'PUNO' across the lower centre, and the denomination UN PESO BOLIVIANO is repeated in the border panels and body of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the firm name OXANDABURU Y GARVINO in large vertical letterpress along the left margin, with the full date 'Gualeguaychú, Diciembre 1º de 1867' repeated vertically. The denomination 'Un peso boliviano' appears in text along the border, consistent with the typographic style of the obverse. |
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Oxandaburu y Garvino was a private commercial house operating in Jujuy, in the far northwest of Argentina near the Bolivian border — which explains both the denomination in Bolivian pesos and the cross-border commercial logic behind issuing private scrip at all. The Argentine national banking framework had not yet reached the province in any meaningful way in 1867, leaving local merchants to fill the gap themselves.
PS# designation confirms this is catalogued as a private issue, not a state bank note. Jujuy private issues from this period are genuinely rare survivors.