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4 Reales Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco de Londres y Río de La Plata, Rosario |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided note printed in olive-green on plain paper, with an ornate guilloche border framing the entire face. A central oval vignette bears a bull's head in three-quarter profile, flanked by the denomination numeral '4' on both sides within decorative cartouches. The bank title 'BANCO DE LONDRES Y RIO DE LA PLATA' arches across the upper portion in large serif letterpress type, with the promise text and issuing city 'ROSARIO' inscribed below in italic script, above a manuscript signature executed in ink. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DE LONDRES Y RIO DE LA PLATA Vale por 4 Reales Pagamos a la vista y al portador CUATRO REALES PLATA BOLIVIANA en efectivo ROSARIO Por el Banco 4 REALES |
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The Banco de Londres y Río de La Plata was a British-owned commercial bank that operated branches across Argentina and Uruguay from the 1860s onward, issuing provincial notes denominated in local monetary units rather than sterling. The Rosario branch operated in one of Argentina's most commercially active interior cities, a grain and cattle trading hub that was pulling significant British investment in this period.
Denomination in reales plata boliviana — Bolivian silver reales — rather than pesos fuertes or pesos moneda corriente reflects the currency confusion endemic to mid-century Argentine commerce, where multiple accounting units circulated simultaneously depending on region and trade partner.