Description and research notes
Issued 1 Peso Fuerte note of Banco Domingo Garbino, produced from an earlier 1869 Banco Oxandaburu y Garbino note printed by the American Bank Note Company (Compania Americana de Billetes de Banco Nueva York) and later placed into circulation under Banco Domingo Garbino through the large vertical red overprint "BANCO DOMINGO GARBINO." The overprint identifies the provisional reuse of the underlying Oxandaburu y Garbino stock under the successor banking identity. Pick S1802 records this issued overprint form of the 1 Peso Fuerte denomination.
The base design reflects ABNC's late-1860s export engraving style. A central horse-head vignette is flanked by a youthful female portrait at left and an industrial allegorical vignette at right. Blue underprint denomination panels, ornate border engraving, fine lathe-work, and detailed vignette cutting demonstrate the security-printing methods used by the American Bank Note Company for provincial Latin American banking institutions.
The underlying note itself reads EL BANCO OXANDABURU Y GARBINO, preserving the corrected GARBINO spelling directly in the 1869 printed design. This connects the note with the earlier 1867 Oxandaburu y Garvino issues from Gualeguaychu, where Domingo Luis Garbino's surname appeared on the printed notes as GARVINO. The physical notes therefore document a clear printed progression from GARVINO in the 1867 partnership issue to GARBINO in the 1869 series.
The large vertical red BANCO DOMINGO GARBINO overprint adds a second institutional layer to the already printed 1869 Oxandaburu y Garbino note. The underlying partnership identity remains visible beneath the overprint, allowing both stages of the note's history to be read directly from the same object. PMG likewise identifies Pick S1802 as an overprint on Argentina Pick S1791.
The transition from the 1867 Pesos Bolivianos partnership notes to the 1869 Peso Fuerte issue also records a change in monetary denomination. The earlier Oxandaburu y Garvino notes were expressed in Pesos Bolivianos, reflecting the regional monetary importance of Bolivian silver, while the 1869 Oxandaburu y Garbino series adopted the Peso Fuerte denomination within Argentina's evolving private and provincial banking environment.
Unsigned and unnumbered remainder examples of the underlying 1 Peso Fuerte type, Pick S1791r, preserve the original Oxandaburu y Garbino form. The Banco Domingo Garbino issued form is identified by completed signatures, numbering, and the large vertical red BANCO DOMINGO GARBINO overprint and is cataloged separately as Pick S1802.
This PMG 63 EPQ example preserves sharp signatures, strong blue underprint detail, finely engraved vignettes, the corrected GARBINO spelling of the underlying 1869 issue, and the bold vertical red BANCO DOMINGO GARBINO overprint. It documents within a single note the progression from the 1867 GARVINO-spelling partnership issues, through the corrected GARBINO spelling of the 1869 Oxandaburu y Garbino series, to the later provisional Banco Domingo Garbino form.
