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1 Peso Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé, Rosario |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Black on white unpt. At left, an oval vignette with a portrait of a young woman. At center, a large agricultural vignette of a farmer driving a horse-drawn plow in a rural landscape. At right, an oval guilloche medallion with a decorative star motif. The heading reads BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA FÉ in large lettering, with the denomination UN PESO PLATA BOLIVIANA inscribed below. The place and date of issue, ROSARIO, Enero 1o de 1875, appears along the lower margin, flanked by manuscript signatures of El Inspector and El Directorio. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche pattern with interlocking scrollwork and floral rosettes arranged symmetrically across the entire surface. At center, an oval panel with ornate latticework border bears the inscription BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA FÉ. Numeral 1 counters appear at left and right within decorative frames, and corner ornaments with floral motifs complete the design. |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa Fé was one of several Argentine provincial banks authorized to issue their own currency under the 1854 provincial banking law, years before any centralized monetary authority existed at the national level. This Rosario-issued 1 Peso Plata Boliviana denominates in Bolivian silver pesos — a practical concession to the hard currency actually circulating in the interior at the time, where Spanish colonial silver and its Bolivian successor coinage remained the de facto standard of value.
The PS-813/PS-814 split distinguishes otherwise near-identical ABNC plates by place of issue text alone. Rosario versus Santa Fé — same bank, same press run, different commercial hub.