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1 Peso Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco Paraná |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 1 Peso Boliviano |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in a combination of red and black inks. The bank title BANCO PARANÁ is set in bold letterpress across the upper register, flanked by two UNO counters in red. A central intaglio vignette presents a pastoral agricultural scene with cattle and a ploughman. To the lower left, a seated allegorical female figure appears alongside barrels and trade goods; to the lower right, a further vignette with a figure on horseback is visible. The denomination UN PESO BOLIVIANO is stated twice in the central field, with the promise text Pagará el Banco Paraná al portador de este billete across the middle register. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting plain cream-coloured paper with no engraved or letterpress design elements. The surface shows significant wear consistent with circulation. |
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Banco Paraná was one of several provincial Argentine banks chartered in the 1860s under a decentralized banking framework that allowed individual provinces to issue their own currency — a situation that produced dozens of competing note series before the Banco Nacional eventually moved to consolidate control in the 1870s. The Entre Ríos province, where Paraná is located, was never a major commercial center, and the bank's circulation was geographically limited from the start.
The "Boliviano" denomination is the tell: this unit was used in Argentina during a transitional period before the peso fuerte and later the peso moneda nacional standardized the accounting system. Notes denominated in Bolivianos were being phased out by the early 1870s, making the 1868 issue date close to the practical end of this denomination's useful life.