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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ARGENTINO Pagará á la vista y al portador UN REAL plata boliviana o su equivalente en moneda de Serie A Córdoba, 10 de Julio de 1873 American Bank Note Co. New York |
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| 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.