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4 Reales Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green ink and divided into distinct vignette panels on the left side: the upper-left vignette bears a classical allegorical female figure with a floral wreath, set within an ornate guilloche border, while the lower-left vignette contains a bear standing in a landscape. The central text area carries the bank's name and promise-to-pay inscription in letterpress, with the denomination «CUATRO REALES BOLIVIANOS» in bold type, the place and date «Córdoba, Marzo 27 de 1873», and a manuscript signature below. Large numeral «4» guilloche panels appear at the right margin, with corner numeral «4» repeaters throughout. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA pagará á la vista Un Peso Boliviano al portador de DOS de estos billetes CUATRO REALES BOLIVIANOS Córdoba, Marzo 27 de 1873 SERIE 9. |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was a state-chartered institution operating under the Argentine province of Córdoba, one of several provincial banks that issued their own currency during the fractured monetary period before Argentina's 1890s banking reforms forced their eventual consolidation or closure. Provincial notes circulated alongside national and foreign currency with wildly uneven public acceptance depending on the issuing bank's reputation at any given moment.
The denomination itself — reales bolivianos — is a telling detail. Bolivia's silver real remained a practical unit of account in the interior Argentine provinces long after independence, owing to deep commercial ties with the Andean silver trade routes. Córdoba's use of it in 1873 reflects regional economic reality more than any formal monetary policy.