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1 Peso Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central vignette of a landscape scene with figures and a body of water, framed by intricate guilloche ornaments and numeral medallions at each corner bearing the denomination '1'. The issuing bank's name, 'EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA', is inscribed in a bold letterpress band across the centre, with the promise text 'A LA VISTA' and 'AL PORTADOR' flanking the denomination legend 'UN PESO BOLIVIANO'. A date of Marzo 27 de 1873 appears in the lower portion alongside signature and serial number fields, with a further decorative vignette of a building at the bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA PAGARA A LA VISTA UN PESO BOLIVINO AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE Marzo 27 de 1873 UN PESO |
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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, operating largely independent of Buenos Aires at a time when provincial monetary autonomy was fiercely defended. By 1873, the bank was managing a note circulation that far exceeded its specie reserves — a chronic condition across the Argentine interior that would eventually contribute to the banking crises of the late 1870s and 1880s.
PS#729 is a scarce reference. Provincial Córdoba notes from this period suffered heavy attrition through redemption drives and the eventual nationalization of currency functions under the Banco Nacional in 1873–1876.