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1 Real Boliviano

Issuer Miguel Lanieri, Victoria
Year 1871
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description The note is framed by a repetitive typographic border with the numeral "1" and the text "UNO" running along all four sides. At upper centre, a sailing ship vignette is set within a rectangular panel, flanked by the large denomination inscription "UN REAL" at top and bottom. To the lower left, a circular vignette encloses a horse's head in profile, while handwritten serial number placement and the place and date inscription "VICTORIA, Novbre 1.o de 1871" appear to the right.
Obverse lettering UN REAL
VALE POR UN REAL BOLIVANO
VICTORIA
Novbre 1.o de 1871
Pagaré al portador CUATRO REALES Bols.
por cuatro de estos vales á la vista.
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Miguel Lanieri was a private merchant issuer operating out of Victoria, Entre Ríos province, Argentina — one of dozens of commercial houses that issued fractional scrip during the 1860s and 1870s to address the chronic shortage of small-denomination coin in the interior. These notes, sometimes called "vales" or "boletos," circulated as local currency within a limited geographic radius, accepted by shopkeepers and accepted back only by the issuer.

PS# prefix in the Standard Catalog denotes a private or semi-official issue — not a government-sanctioned emission. Survival rate for Argentine provincial merchant scrip of this period is extremely low, as most were redeemed quickly or simply discarded once the issuer ceased trading.

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