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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Value | 1 Real Plata Boliviana |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in orange and comprises an elaborate guilloche design centered on a large oval cartouche bearing the inscriptions 'EL BANCO ARGENTINO' and 'UN REAL' in bold relief against a fine lathe-work background. The word 'UNO' appears in large letters within ornate scroll panels at the left and right margins, and the overall composition is framed by intricate engine-turned border patterns. The printer's imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK' is lettered in small type at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO ARGENTINO UN REAL UNO UNO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK |
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The Banco Argentino operated briefly in Córdoba during the chaotic provincial banking period that preceded Argentina's National Bank Law of 1887, which ultimately swept most of these short-lived institutions out of existence. Provincial banks issuing their own notes denominated in reales plata boliviana were trading on a unit already losing ground to the peso fuerte — an awkward position that tells you something about the commercial realities of the interior provinces in the early 1870s.
ABNC supplied engraved plates to dozens of Latin American issuers during this period, and surviving examples from this particular institution are genuinely uncommon, likely reflecting limited original print runs rather than heavy circulation losses.