1/2 Real Boliviano

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.