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1 Real Boliviano
| Issuer | Banco Solanas y Cía. |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central vignette of a standing ram in fine intaglio engraving, set within a lightly printed guilloche underprint. The bank title "EL BANCO SOLANAS Y CIA." appears in a bold curved banner across the upper portion, with the promise text and denomination "UN REAL BOLIVIANO" inscribed below the vignette. Handwritten date "Agosto 1874" and place name "Gualivary" appear at the lower left and right, with manuscript signatures flanking the central design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this note is not visible in the provided image; no description can be confirmed. |
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Banco Solanas y Cía. was one of several short-lived private Bolivian banks that briefly held note-issuing authority during the 1870s, before the Bolivian government moved to consolidate banking under stricter licensing frameworks later in the decade. Provincial private banks of this period typically issued in small quantities, and survival rates are correspondingly poor — not because of deliberate destruction, but simple disuse and the indifference of a largely barter-dependent rural economy toward paper instruments.
The "Real Boliviano" denomination places this note in the transitional period before Bolivia fully standardized on the Boliviano, making the unit itself a dating marker of some precision.