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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Paraná |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-tinted note with black intaglio printing, centred on a vignette of a sailing ship under full canvas on rough seas. Two oval guilloche medallions bearing the numeral '1' flank the central vignette at upper left and right, with further ornamental lathe-work borders framing the entire note. The issuer's name 'EL BANCO ARGENTINO' appears in bold letterpress below the vignette, with the denomination 'UN REAL' set within a cartouche, followed by a manuscript-style promise to pay in plata boliviana, dated Paraná, 1 de Julio de 1873. The imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New York is present at the lower margin. |
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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 10 el 1 de Julio de 1873 Paraná SERIE A American Bank Note Co. New York |
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El Banco Argentino was one of several provincial banks operating under Argentina's fragmented pre-1890 banking regime, when individual provinces still chartered their own note-issuing institutions. This Paraná-based bank denominated its notes in reales plata boliviana rather than pesos, reflecting the continued practical circulation of Bolivian silver coinage in the Litoral provinces long after Argentine independence — a commercial reality that stubbornly outlasted any official preference for domestic currency standards.
The American Bank Note Company printed this series from its New York facility at a time when virtually every significant South American issuer relied on ABNC for security printing. PS#1497 is among the lower-denomination notes of the series and survives rarely; the bank itself did not outlast the 1890 financial crisis that collapsed most Argentine provincial banks entirely.