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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé, Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the issuing bank's title 'EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA-FÉ' in bold letterpress across the upper register, with the place and date 'SANTA-FÉ, 1° de Noviembre 1874' at upper left and series designation 'SERIE UNA' alongside a manuscript serial number at upper right. A central vignette portrays a team of oxen with a cart, framed by a guilloche border, while a circular underprint medallion at lower right reiterates the denomination 'REAL'. The denomination 'UN REAL' is set in large display type mid-field, accompanied by a text line stating the note's equivalence in legal tender coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA-FÉ SANTA-FÉ, 1° de Noviembre 1874 SERIE UNA UN REAL Pagará á la vista un Peso plata boliviana o su equivalente en moneda de ley por OCHO de estos billetes POR EL DIRECTORIO REAL |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa-Fé was one of the provincial banks operating under Argentina's decentralized banking regime before the Banco Nacional absorbed much of that authority in the late 1870s. This Rosario-payable variant is catalogued separately from the Santa-Fé issue (PS-804) because the place of payment printed on the note determined where it could be redeemed — a meaningful distinction in a province where the two cities maintained distinct commercial networks and the overland distance between them was a practical barrier for ordinary transactions.
Provincial bank failures in the 1870s were common, and Santa-Fé's institution was no exception to that precarious era.