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1 Peso Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Litoral |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion bears the bank title BANCO DEL LITORAL in bold lettering, flanked by the place name Parana and the date Julio 1o de 1874, with the promise inscription Pagara al portador de este billete running beneath. A central ornate guilloche cartouche carries the denomination PESO, framed by allegorical vignettes on either side. The lower margin bears the full denomination UN PESO PLATA BOLIVIANA, with the Serie C designation and serial number in their respective fields. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by three large interlocking guilloche medallions arranged horizontally across the full width of the note, each containing a finely engine-turned lathe-work rosette with a numeral or monogram at its centre. The design is rendered in a single colour with dense geometric patterns characteristic of mid-nineteenth century security printing, serving as an anti-counterfeiting underprint across the entire surface. |
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Banco del Litoral was a short-lived Argentine private bank operating out of Buenos Aires during the brief window of provincial free banking that preceded the tighter regulatory frameworks of the 1880s. The "Plata Boliviana" denomination is the telling detail here — it pegged the note's value explicitly to Bolivian silver coinage rather than Argentine metallic standards, reflecting the monetary fragmentation of the Río de la Plata region where multiple silver currencies circulated simultaneously and public trust required an anchor the issuing bank itself could not provide.
PS numbering places this firmly in the Standard Catalog's private South American issues — scarce in any grade, rarely seen outside major specialist auctions.