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2 Reales Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco de Victoria |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Currency | Real (1827-1864) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bank title EL BANCO DE VICTORIA in a bold arched letterpress legend across the upper portion, flanked by numeral 2 counters at each corner. A central vignette presents a pastoral scene with cattle, framed within a rectangular panel. Below the vignette, a promise-to-pay text reads in Spanish, with a large guilloche underprint bearing the word VICTORIA. The lower border repeats the denomination DOS REALES BOLIVIANOS, and a small circular vignette appears at the lower right. The date 1 de Abril de 1873 is printed at the lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOS REALES BOLIVIANOS EL BANCO DE VICTORIA 1 SERIE Pagará al portador y á la vista cuatro reales bolivianos por dos de estos billetes. Por el Banco VICTORIA 1.° Abril de 1873 DOS REALES BOLIVIANOS |
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The Banco de Victoria was one of several short-lived private banks chartered in Bolivia during the early 1870s, a period when the government briefly liberalized banking to attract regional capital investment. Few of these institutions survived more than a decade, and their note issues were consequently small. The 2 Reales denomination — a fractional unit in an already transitional monetary system — would have served petty commercial transactions at a moment when Bolivia was still running parallel real and boliviano-denominated circulation.
PS prefix in the Pick numbering places this squarely in the speculative or unconfirmed category, meaning verified surviving examples are exceptionally rare in any established collection.