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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Litoral |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S1702 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is typographically composed with a central large numeral '1' enclosed within a circular guilloche medallion, flanked on either side by the text 'UN REAL'. The bank title 'BANCO DEL LITORAL' is set in bold letterpress at the top, below which appears the date and place of issue 'JULIO 21 PARANÁ DE 1871'. The note bears the denomination legend 'UN REAL PLATA BOLIVIANA AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE' in the lower portion, with 'SERIE A' and a handwritten serial number in the upper register. |
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| Obverse lettering | UN REAL BANCO DEL LITORAL JULIO 21 PARANÁ DE 1871 Pagará á la vista UN REAL PLATA BOLIVIANA AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE Por el banco SERIE A No. |
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Banco del Litoral operated out of Paraná, capital of Entre Ríos province, during the brief window of provincial free banking that characterized Argentina before the national banking reforms of the 1880s tightened federal control over note issuance. The bank was one of several regional institutions that emerged in the Río de la Plata littoral following the fall of Urquiza — a period of genuine commercial expansion but also chronic monetary instability.
The denomination in reales plata boliviana is telling. By 1871, Bolivian silver coinage still functioned as a de facto trade currency across the Argentine interior and littoral provinces, and pricing notes in that unit rather than pesos was a practical acknowledgment of what actually circulated in local markets.