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2 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Río de La Plata |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse lettering | DOS PESOS PLATA BOLIVIANA PROVINCIA DE ENTRERIOS EL BANCO DEL RIO DE LA PLATA Pagará al Portador y á la vista DOS PESOS PLATA BOLna POR EL BANCO: GUALEGUAY, OCTUBRE 3 DE 1868 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is largely unprinted, showing the plain pink cotton paper stock with visible wear, foxing, and fold lines consistent with circulation. A faint guilloche or text underprint pattern is discernible through the heavily aged surface. |
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The Banco del Río de La Plata was one of several private provincial banks operating in Argentina during the 1860s under loose federal oversight — a period when note-issuing rights were essentially a commercial privilege rather than a regulated function. The denomination in Pesos Plata Boliviana rather than Pesos Fuertes reflects the continuing monetary fragmentation of the Río de la Plata region, where Bolivian silver coinage remained in active circulation alongside local currency well into the latter half of the nineteenth century.
PS#1836 is a scarce series. Private bank failures and subsequent redemption drives eliminated most surviving stock before serious collecting interest developed.