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1/2 Real Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in red-pink tones on plain paper, with a central text panel bearing the issuing bank's name in bold capital letters across the top. Two circular vignettes flank the central text, which reads the promise to pay one Boliviano peso to the bearer, with the denomination MEDIO REAL BOLIVIANO printed in a bold banner. A manuscript serial number, series designation, and two handwritten signatures appear in the lower portion of the note, above the bottom border panel reading MEDIO REAL. |
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| Obverse lettering | MEDIO REAL EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA PAGARA A LA VISTA UN PESO BOLIVIANO AL PORTADOR de diez y seis de estos billetes MEDIO REAL BOLº |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks authorized to issue currency under the 1854 banking legislation that preceded federal monetary consolidation. This ½ Real Boliviano denomination reflects the persistence of the Bolivian real as a unit of account in the interior provinces long after Argentine independence — Córdoba's trade routes ran north toward Bolivia well into the second half of the nineteenth century, and pricing in reales bolivianos remained commercially practical in that corridor.
Provincial bank issues were suppressed following the 1890 financial crisis and the subsequent Ley de Bancos Garantidos, which centralized note-issuing authority. Most surviving examples from Córdoba's earlier series are remainders.