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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Río de La Plata |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 1 Real Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse lettering | UN REAL PROVINCIA DE ENTRERIOS El Banco del Rio de la Plata pagará á la vista UN PESO PLATA BOL. al portador por OCHO de estos billetes Sé A. GUALEGUAY, Octubre 3. de 1868 POR EL BANCO |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a mirror-image typographic impression of the obverse text and design, consistent with a letterpress show-through or deliberate back-print, with the central bull's head vignette and surrounding guilloche border visible in reverse orientation. The serial number and manuscript signature are also legible in mirrored form, with the 'UN REAL' legend repeated at top and bottom margins. |
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The Banco del Río de La Plata was a short-lived provincial institution operating out of Entre Ríos, and this 1868 issue is among the earliest locally printed banknotes produced within Argentina proper. Gualeguay, a minor river port in Entre Ríos, is an unusual place of printing — most Argentine provincial banks of the period contracted foreign firms, particularly in London or Paris, for their note production.
The denomination in "Reales Plata Boliviana" reflects the continued use of Bolivian silver coinage as a practical monetary reference across the Río de la Plata region well after Argentine independence, a monetary fragmentation that persisted through the 1870s.