Catalog
1 Peso Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco de Cuyo, San Juan |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by the large bold title EL BANCO DE CUYO in an arched banner across the upper portion, above the promise to pay PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA. A central oval vignette contains an allegorical or pastoral scene, flanked by the denomination UN PESO in large type, with PLATA to the left and BOLIVIANA to the right. The note carries printed signatures lines for GERENTE and PRESIDENTE at the lower centre, a serial number in the upper margin, and Serie A designation to the upper right, with decorative guilloche border work framing the entire face. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE CUYO PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA UN PESO PLATA BOLIVIANA O SU EQUIVALENTE EN ORO Serie A. GERENTE PRESIDENTE UN PESO |
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Banco de Cuyo operated out of San Juan, Argentina, during the brief and chaotic provincial banking experiment that followed the 1863 national banking law. These provincial institutions were notoriously undercapitalized, and several collapsed within a decade of opening. Cuyo was among the more fragile — its notes circulated in a region heavily dependent on mining and trans-Andean trade with Chile, where the peso plata boliviana denomination carried practical meaning tied to actual silver coinage crossing the cordillera.
PS#1630 is rare in any condition. The bank's short operational life and limited note volume mean few examples survived the redemption chaos that followed its closure.