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1 Real Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Currency | Real (1813-1881) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a classical female vignette at left, rendered in intaglio, with the figure in profile wearing a laurel wreath and draped robes. The bank title 'El Banco Rio Cuarto' is set in large bold letterpress across the upper portion, surmounted by the denomination 'UN REAL' in an ornate frame. The central field carries a manuscript-style promise-to-pay text in Spanish, flanked by guilloche numeral '1' panels at each lower corner, with the imprint of the National Bank Note Company of New York at the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | UN REAL El Banco Rio Cuarto Pagará al portador de éste de estos billetes Un Peso Boliviano ó su equivalente en moneda de Ley — Rio Cuarto, Abril 4 de 1874 POR EL DIRECTORIO DEL BANCO UNO NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK |
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Banco Rio Cuarto was one of dozens of Argentine provincial banks that emerged in the early 1870s under legislation permitting note-issuing privileges to chartered private institutions. The arrangement was short-lived — the 1890 financial crisis and subsequent banking reforms effectively ended provincial note issue in Argentina, making survivors from this period genuinely uncommon.
The National Bank Note Company of New York handled a substantial volume of Latin American commissions during this decade, often working from standardized plate layouts adapted per client. The "Real Boliviano" denomination reflects the monetary confusion of the period, when Bolivia's silver real still circulated alongside Argentine paper in the interior provinces around Córdoba.