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1 Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Currency | Real (1826-1881) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central allegorical vignette of a seated female figure holding a sheaf of wheat, set against a lightly engraved landscape, positioned to the left of centre. The bank title EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA FÉ arches across the top, with the date Rosario 1° de Enero 1881 inscribed to the upper right; the denomination UN REAL appears in a bold letterpress panel at centre-right alongside a numeral serial number. A guilloche border frames the entire note, with the words UN REAL repeated in the margins, and a small heraldic vignette is placed to the lower right. The imprint of Lit. Pleuti, Puerto 204 appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain paper with no central vignette or decorative framework, presenting an essentially unprinted surface with only a handwritten manuscript signature applied diagonally across the right portion of the note. |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa Fé began issuing notes in 1874 under a provincial charter, operating largely to finance agricultural credit in one of Argentina's most productive farming regions. By 1881, when this 1 Real Plata Boliviana was issued, the denomination itself was already archaic — the Bolivian silver real had no official standing in Argentine monetary law, yet continued to circulate by custom in the interior provinces long after Buenos Aires had moved on.
Lit. Pleuti operated out of Rosario, making this a locally produced note at a time when most Argentine provincial banks still relied on foreign printers. That choice kept costs down but also kept quality modest.