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1 Peso Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco Mauá y Ca., Rosario |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bank title BANCO MAUÁ & Ca. in bold uppercase letters across the upper register, with a central oval vignette enclosing a standing allegorical figure. The denomination VALE POR UN PESO appears on either side of the vignette, with BOLIVIANO inscribed beneath it. A handwritten date line and promise-to-pay clause in Spanish script occupy the lower central field, and the serial number is printed in red at the top. Ornate guilloche border work and repeated denomination numerals frame all four sides of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO MAUÁ & Ca. VALE POR UN PESO BOLIVIANO Compañía Americana de Billetes de Banco Nueva York |
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Banco Mauá y Ca. was the Argentine arm of the commercial empire built by Irineu Evangelista de Sousa — the Baron of Mauá — whose banking network stretched across Brazil, Uruguay, and the Río de la Plata region in the 1860s. The Rosario branch issued peso boliviano-denominated notes rather than pesos fuertes, reflecting the monetary conventions still in use across the interior of Argentina before national currency unification.
The American Bank Note Company engraved and printed the series in New York, common practice for South American private banks seeking security printing that local facilities could not match. Mauá's entire financial operation collapsed in 1875, making surviving issued notes from any of his banks genuinely scarce.