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10 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Daniel González y Ca. |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | DANIEL GONZALEZ Y COMPA. DESCUENTOS Y DEPOSITOS DIEZ PESOS Plata Boliviana Mendoza Número Serie Contador Socio Gerente MUESTRA |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, with a symmetrical design centred on an ornate panel bearing the issuer's name and location within a decorative cartouche. Two large circular guilloche rosettes, each bearing the numeral 10 and the word DIEZ, are placed to the left and right of the central panel. The entire design is enclosed within an intricate border of fine lathe-work. |
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Daniel González y Compañía was a private commercial house operating out of Mendoza, and this note belongs to a period when Argentine provincial commerce routinely ran on quasi-banking paper issued by merchant firms rather than chartered institutions. The Bolivian silver peso — the plata boliviana — was the dominant trade currency across the Cuyo region at mid-century, and denominating private notes in it rather than in Argentine currency was a straightforward acknowledgment of what actually changed hands in the market.
Provincial private issues from Mendoza in this decade are genuinely rare survivors. The firm's lifespan as a note-issuer was short, and redemption or simple destruction claimed most of the paper.