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4 Reales Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Paraná |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Value | 4 Reales Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is engraved in a fine intaglio style with the bank title EL BANCO ARGENTINO across the upper portion, flanked on each side by the numeral 4. A central vignette presents a reclining dog guarding a strongbox, symbolising security and fidelity. Two allegorical female figures in classical dress occupy the left and right margins, with the denomination CUATRO REALES in bold letterpress across the centre and a handwritten date of 2 July 1866 below the serial number and series letter. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ARGENTINO CUATRO REALES ROSARIO 2° Julio de 1866 SERIE C Pagará al portador y al presentador plata boliviana su equivalente en moneda de ley 4 |
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Banco Argentino operated out of Paraná, Entre Ríos, during the brief period when that city functioned as the capital of the Argentine Confederation — a rival federal government to Buenos Aires. By 1866, that political arrangement was long dead, absorbed after the Battle of Cavia and Buenos Aires's eventual dominance, which makes this note a survivor from a banking institution whose political moment had already passed before the note was even printed.
The denomination in Bolivian silver reales rather than Argentine pesos reflects the chronic shortage of standardized domestic currency in the Littoral provinces, where Bolivian silver coin circulated more reliably than local issues. ABNC took the order regardless — New York was printing for half of South America at the time.