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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco de Mendoza |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Value | 1 Real Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse description | The face of this provincial Argentine note is dominated by the bold heading BANCO DE REAL MENDOZA across the upper portion, with the word REAL set within an ornate cartouche at centre. At lower left, an oval medallion bears the inscription REAL, while at lower right a vignette of a sheep in a pastoral setting is rendered in fine intaglio line work. The central text panel reads PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE UN REAL PLATA BOL. Ó SU EQUIVALENTE EN MONEDA LEGAL, with a manuscript serial number and date visible in the middle field. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE REAL MENDOZA MENDOZA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE UN REAL PLATA BOL. Ó SU EQUIVALENTE EN MONEDA LEGAL REAL |
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The Banco de Mendoza was a provincial institution operating under Argentina's 1854 banking law framework, which permitted individual provinces to charter note-issuing banks before federal consolidation of currency took over in the 1890s. This 1 Real Plata Boliviana denomination is denominated in a unit tied to Bolivian silver coinage — a practical acknowledgment of the hard currency actually circulating in Cuyo at the time, where Bolivian pesos and reales moved freely across the Andean trade routes.
Provincial Argentine issues from this period were absorbed or invalidated during the banking crises of the 1880s and the creation of the Caja de Conversión. Survivors are uncommon.