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1/2 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Rosario |
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| Year | 1871-1872 |
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| Value | ½ Real Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided note printed in dark ink on pink-tinted paper. The upper portion carries the bank name BANCO ARGENTINO / ROSARIO in bold letterpress within a decorative frame, with a serial number at top and fractional value numerals '1/2' at each corner. A central circular vignette contains an allegorical device, flanked by the denomination panels MEDIO and REAL; below, a text panel in Spanish reads the obligation to pay the bearer in plata boliviana or its legal equivalent, with a manuscript registration inscription and two handwritten signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO ARGENTINO ROSARIO MEDIO REAL Registrado Pagará a la vista en plata boliviana o su equivalente en moneda legal al portador de DIEZ Y SEIS de estos billetes. POR EL BANCO |
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The Banco Argentino was a short-lived provincial institution operating out of Rosario, Santa Fe, during a period when Argentine monetary authority was still fractured among competing provincial and private banks. The denomination itself — half a real plata boliviana — reflects the genuine monetary chaos of the era: Bolivian silver coinage circulated alongside Argentine and foreign currency throughout the Río de la Plata region, and denominanting paper in those units was a practical acknowledgment of what people actually used.
The bank's operating window was narrow. PS#1520 is among the scarcest issues in the Argentine provincial private bank series, and surviving examples in any condition are rarely encountered at auction.