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20 Pesos Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Oxandaburu y Garbino |
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| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black intaglio on white cotton paper within an intricate lace-like border, the obverse centres on a large vignette of a horse-drawn wagon convoy with figures and ox carts rendered in fine engraved detail. A seated gaucho figure with a rooster occupies the lower left, while a portrait vignette of a young woman appears at the lower right. Ornate numeral counters bearing '20' are placed at each corner, with the issuer name and denomination text arranged across the upper and central portions of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO OXANDABURU Y GARBINO PAGARA AL PORTADOR Y A LA VISTA VEINTE PESOS BOLIVIANOS o su equivalente en moneda legal Gualeguaychú 2 de Enero de 1869 XX 20 |
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Banco Oxandaburu y Garbino was a private commercial bank operating out of Gualeguaychú, in Entre Ríos province, at a time when Argentina had no central bank and provincial and private institutions issued their own currency more or less freely. The note is denominated in pesos bolivianos — the Bolivian peso fuerte that circulated widely across the Río de la Plata region as a de facto trade currency, particularly in interior commerce where locally issued paper needed a hard-money anchor to command any trust.
Gualeguaychú-printed private bank paper from this period is genuinely uncommon in any form. The bank's lifespan was short, and redemption or destruction of notes at closure was the norm rather than the exception.