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1/2 Real Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco de Victoria |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Value | ½ Real Boliviano |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark ink on plain paper, with the bank title EL BANCO DE VICTORIA in large bold lettering across the upper portion, above a central vignette of a portrait bust at left. A serial number appears in the centre field, with a manuscript promise-to-pay text reading that the bearer will be paid CUATRO REALES bolivianos by OCHO of these notes, followed by a handwritten date and signature. The lower border carries the denomination REAL BOLIVIANO in a recessed panel, with series and issue designations in the upper corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | MEDIO EL BANCO DE VICTORIA 1a Serie Pagara al portador y á la vista CUATRO REALES bolivianos por OCHO de estos Billetes. VICTORIA REAL BOLIVIANO |
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Banco de Victoria was one of a cluster of short-lived regional institutions that briefly operated in Yucatán during Mexico's turbulent experiment with state-chartered private banking in the 1870s. The fractional denomination — half a real boliviano — reflects the monetary confusion of the period, when Yucatán's commercial economy still operated partly on the old Spanish colonial real system even as republican currency reforms were nominally in force federally.
Printed locally by Alf. Israde in Mérida rather than sent abroad to established security printers, which was unusual even for minor provincial issues of this era and raises questions about the note's technical security features.