Catalog
20 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de San Juan |
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| Year | 18__ |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio-printed note with an elaborate guilloche border framing the entire face. At centre, an oval vignette presents a classical female allegorical figure; to her left, a second smaller oval contains a bull's head vignette. At upper centre, a cartouche inscribed 'SAN JUAN' surmounts the composition, while the denomination numeral '20' appears in each corner and as a large underprint across the lower half. Two signature lines are ruled at the bottom, captioned 'Consejero' and 'Gerente', with space for the issuing date 'San Juan, de 18__' and an additional bank seal vignette at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | SAN JUAN Serie D Nº 05001 El Banco de San Juan pagará al portador y á la vista Veinte Pesos Fuertes Veinte Pesos Fuertes en moneda de ley SAN JUAN, de 18__ Por el Banco Consejero Gerente 20 |
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Banco de San Juan was one of several provincial Argentine banks that issued their own paper currency in the mid-nineteenth century, operating under provincial charter before federal monetary consolidation gradually extinguished their note-issuing rights. The "18__" date format — printed with the century and decade fixed, the final digits left blank — indicates the bank held a supply of unissued notes, completing dates by hand as required rather than ordering fresh printings for each year.
PS1883 is sparsely documented in the Pick Specialized catalog, which suggests surviving examples are genuinely uncommon. Provincial San Juan issues of this period rarely appear at auction.