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1 Peso Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central vignette of a reclining allegorical female figure set against a maritime and pastoral landscape, flanked by a circular guilloche medallion at left bearing the denomination numeral and a portrait vignette of a young woman at upper right. The bank title 'EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA' is inscribed in bold letterpress across the centre, with the denomination 'UN PESO BOLIVANO' in a decorative panel below. A red serial number appears at lower left, with date and place of issue 'Córdoba, Marzo 27 de 1873' at lower right, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Y Á LA VISTA UN PESO BOLIVANO O SU EQUIVALENTE EN MONEDA DE LEI UN PESO UN PESO Córdoba, Marzo 27 de 1873 UNO |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks issuing their own paper currency before the national banking consolidation of the 1880s forced their closure or absorption. Provincial notes from this period circulated locally and were often refused or discounted heavily outside their home province — a chronic friction that partly drove the eventual push toward a unified national currency under the Banco Nacional.
PS#725 is genuinely scarce. Most surviving examples show heavy fold wear consistent with active commercial use in Córdoba's interior trade networks, and the series is underrepresented in major collections.