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1 Peso Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Gobierno de la Provincia de San Luís |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Value | 1 Peso Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by the bold heading EL GOBIERNO DE LA PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS printed in large letterpress type across the centre, above a central vignette of a bull and sheep in a pastoral scene. The denomination UN PESO appears in large text to the lower left and is repeated in corner numerals, with the inscription PLATA BOLIVIANA to the lower right. The legend REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA appears above the vignette, flanked by ornate guilloche rosettes at each corner, and the promise to pay PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA is inscribed to the left and right of the vignette respectively. The date San Luis, Setiembre 27 de 1871 is printed across the lower portion, below a manuscript signature and an official circular seal. |
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| Obverse lettering | UN PESO REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA EL GOBIERNO DE LA PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA UN PESO plata boliviana San Luis, Setiembre 27 de 1871 |
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San Luis was one of the smaller Argentine interior provinces that issued its own fractional currency during the 1870s, a period when federal coinage was chronically scarce in the interior and provincial governments stepped in with paper substitutes denominated in the old boliviano silver unit — a colonial accounting convention that persisted in everyday commerce long after Bolivia itself had moved on. The denomination "Peso Plata Boliviana" reflects that regional habit rather than any formal monetary tie to Bolivia.
L.D. H. Sisson was a Buenos Aires-based printer active in producing provincial fiscal and currency paper during this period. PS#1395 is among the rarer provincial emissions from this era; San Luis had a small economy and limited issuance, and survival rates for these notes are low.