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1 Peso Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco de San Juan - Sucursal (Branch) San Juan |
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| Currency | Peso Boliviano (1863-1963) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark ink on light blue paper, with the bank name EL BANCO DE SAN JUAN arched across the top within a ruled border. A central vignette depicts a standing allegorical figure amid landscape elements with birds in flight, flanked on each side by numeral '1' counters. The lower portion carries the denomination inscription UN PESO BOLIVIANO in bold letterpress, with a manuscript date line reading 'San Juan de 187_' and a light guilloche underprint of the text UN PESO spanning the lower field. A serial letter panel marked 'N°B' appears at the top center. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE SAN JUAN PESO BOLIVIANO PESO BOLIVIANO |
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Banco de San Juan was one of several Argentine provincial banks authorized to issue their own currency under the banking legislation of the 1850s and 1860s, before the national government moved to consolidate monetary control. The branch designation on this note is worth noting: San Juan's banking infrastructure was thin enough that distinguishing a sucursal from the main institution carried real administrative significance, not just bureaucratic formality.
The Peso Boliviano as a unit reflects the prolonged influence of Bolivian silver coinage in the Cuyo region — San Juan, Mendoza, and surrounding provinces traded heavily across the Andes, and the denomination was a practical acknowledgment of what actually circulated locally.