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1 Peso Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco de San Juan - Sucursal (Branch) San Juan |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE SAN JUAN PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA UN PESO BOLIVIANO moneda corriente o su equivalente de moneda de ley San Juan de 187 UN PESO N°B |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark ink on the same light blue paper, composed of three large oval medallions arranged horizontally. The central medallion contains an elaborate coat of arms, while the two flanking medallions each bear the numeral '1' within ornate cartouches. The legend BANCO DE SAN JUAN is worked into the curved borders of the design, with the inscriptions PESO BOLIVIANO appearing to the left and right of the central arms in the flanking ovals. |
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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.