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2 Reales Moneda Boliviana
| Issuer | Daniel González y Ca. |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided note printed in red ink on white paper, with an ornate guilloche border framing the entire composition. The issuer name 'DANIEL GONZALEZ Y CA.' runs across the upper portion in bold letterpress within a decorative cartouche, flanked on each side by large numeral '2' vignettes in ornamental frames. The lower portion carries a handwritten payable clause reading 'Vale al portador por dos Reales moneda Boliviana' with the place name 'Mendoza' and a partially handwritten date, accompanied by a manuscript signature above the printed title 'Contador'. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse appears to be blank, with no printed design or lettering. |
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Daniel González y Ca. was a private commercial house operating in Mendoza, not a bank in any formal sense. Notes issued under such commercial imprints were common in mid-19th century provincial Argentina, where chartered banking infrastructure was thin and merchants essentially created their own circulating credit instruments. The denomination in Bolivian reales rather than Argentine pesos almost certainly reflects cross-border commerce through the Andean passes — Mendoza sat on the principal mule route connecting the Argentine interior to Bolivia and Chile.
PS# placement in Krause confirms this as a South American private issue rather than a state-sanctioned emission. Very few examples are documented.