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1 Peso Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco de San Juan |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries an oval vignette at left with a portrait of a woman in period dress, framed by fine lathe-work borders. The bank title EL BANCO DE SAN JUAN is set in bold letterpress across the centre, with the text of the promise to pay in Spanish below, referencing UN PESO plata boliviana. A large decorative numeral 1 appears at right within an ornamental panel, and the series and serial number are printed at upper centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE SAN JUAN Serie C. N° 01099 pagará al portador y á la vista el valor de UN PESO plata Boliviana en monedas corrientes en esta Provincia ó su equivalente en moneda de ley. San Juan POR EL BANCO CONSEJERO GERENTE |
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Banco de San Juan was one of several Argentine provincial banks operating under the loose monetary framework of the 1860s–70s, before the national government moved to consolidate banking authority. These institutions issued their own notes denominated in pesos plata boliviana — a unit tied to the Bolivian silver peso that circulated widely in the Cuyo region due to trade routes through the Andes rather than any formal monetary agreement.
Provincial bank notes from this period are scarce almost by design: most were redeemed and destroyed following the 1890s banking reforms. PS#1873 from San Juan represents a short-lived issuing authority whose full emission history remains poorly documented.