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2 Reales Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Comercio, Gualeguay |
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| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a seated allegorical female figure to the left, set within a decorative vignette, with the vertical legend BANCO DEL COMERCIO running along the left margin. The heading EL BANCO DEL COMERCIO is inscribed across the upper portion, below which a manuscript-style text references a promise to pay CUATRO Reales and DOS Reales to the bearer. A handwritten serial number and two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DEL COMERCIO BANCO DEL COMERCIO CUATRO Reales DOS reales DOS REALES |
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Banco del Comercio was one of several provincial Argentine banks issuing currency during the brief free banking period of the 1860s, before the national government moved to consolidate monetary authority. Gualeguay, a river port in Entre Ríos province, had enough commercial activity to sustain a local institution, though most of these provincial banks were short-lived and their notes rarely circulated far beyond their immediate districts.
The denomination in reales plata boliviana — Bolivian silver reales — rather than Argentine pesos reflects how thoroughly Bolivian coin dominated everyday small transactions across the Río de la Plata region at this date. Federal Argentine coinage simply wasn't available in sufficient quantity.