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2 Reales Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion bears the issuer title 'EL BANCO RIO CUARTO' in bold uppercase lettering, with a large numeral '2' set within an ornate oval cartouche at the right. A female allegorical vignette in fine intaglio engraving occupies the lower left, while the central field carries the bearer obligation text in Spanish, dated 'Rio Cuarto Abril 1 de 1874'. The composition is enclosed within a guilloche border with chain-link decorative elements. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO RIO CUARTO DOS REALES Pagará al portador de Cuatro de estas billetes Un Peso Boliviano en su equivalente en moneda de ley. Rio Cuarto Abril 1 de 1874 POR EL DIRECTORIO DEL BANCO |
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Banco Rio Cuarto was a provincial Argentine bank operating out of Córdoba province, and this 2 Reales Bolivianos note reflects the monetary confusion of the period — Bolivia's real-based system was still the dominant unit of account across much of the Argentine interior in the early 1870s, even as Buenos Aires pushed toward a unified national currency. The denomination itself became obsolete shortly after issue, when Argentina's 1875–76 monetary reforms began enforcing the peso as the standard unit across provincial banking.
PS#1823 is among the rarer entries in the Pick Specialized South America catalog for this issuer. Banco Rio Cuarto had a short operational lifespan, and surviving notes across its series are genuinely scarce.