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2 Reales Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Río de La Plata |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 2 Reales Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a bold letterpress bank title 'BANCO DEL RIO DE LA PLATA' across the upper portion, flanked by intricate guilloche border panels repeated on all four sides with the word 'REALES' in the corners. A central oval vignette presents a bull's head facing forward, with the denomination legend 'VALE POR 2 REALES' on either side. Below the vignette, a handwritten promissory text in Spanish reads 'Pagaremos a la vista y al portador UN PESO BOLIVIANO POR 4 DE ESTOS BILLETES', with the place and date 'GUALEGUAY 3 de Octubre 1868', above a manuscript signature over the printed text 'DOS REALES' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DEL RIO DE LA PLATA VALE POR 2 REALES Pagaremos a la vista y al portador UN PESO BOLIVIANO POR 4 DE ESTOS BILLETES GUALEGUAY 3 de Octubre 1868 Por el Banco DOS REALES REALES |
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The Banco del Río de La Plata was an Argentine private bank operating under a provincial charter during the turbulent post-Caseros period, when Buenos Aires province was still negotiating the terms of its reintegration into the Argentine Confederation. Private bank notes denominated in "Reales Plata Boliviana" reflect the practical reality of the 1860s River Plate economy: Bolivian silver coinage circulated widely in the interior, and denominating paper in those units was a commercial necessity rather than a political statement.
PS#1833 is among the scarcer listings in the South American private issues section of Pick's Specialized catalog — survival rates for Argentine provincial bank paper from this decade are poor, partly due to the major monetary reorganization that followed the 1890 Baring Crisis forcing retrospective destruction of earlier issues.