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2 Reales Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Entre-Riano |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Value | 2 Reales Bolivianos |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark intaglio on plain paper, the obverse centres on a vignette of a standing tiger facing right, flanked by the place and date of issue — Concepcion del Uruguay, Enero 8° de 1872. The issuer's name BANCO ENTRE-RIANO is set in large bold letterpress across the upper panel, while the denomination legend DOS REALES BOLIVIANOS frames both the top and bottom borders. Ornate guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral 2 occupy each of the four corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOS + DOS REALES BOLIVIANOS + DOS BANCO ENTRE-RIANO Concepcion del Uruguay. Enero 8° de 1872. DOS REALES BOLIVIANOS Pagará a la vista UN PESO PLATA BOLIVIANA ó su equivalente en moneda legal al portador por CUATRO de estos billetes. Por el Banco |
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The Banco Entre-Riano was a provincial Argentine bank operating out of Entre Ríos province, and its 1872 issues occupy a peculiar corner of South American banking history. Entre Ríos had long functioned with considerable financial autonomy from Buenos Aires, and several provincial banks issued their own paper during this period before federal banking consolidation gradually ended the practice.
The denomination in reales bolivianos — rather than Argentine pesos — reflects how thoroughly Bolivian silver coinage had penetrated the river trade economy of the Mesopotamia region by the 1870s. The note's currency reference tells you more about the Paraná River commerce than any official monetary policy could.