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4 Reales Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Litoral |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Value | 4 Reales Plata Boliviana |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out within a rectangular border with repeated 'CUATRO REALES' lettering along all four margins forming a frame. At upper centre the bank title 'BANCO DEL LITORAL' is printed in large bold letters, with 'PARANA' noted to the upper left and a date inscription to the upper right. A vignette to the left depicts standing figures, while a second vignette to the right shows a pastoral or wildlife scene; the numeral '4' appears in each upper corner. The central panel carries a manuscript-style promise-to-pay clause, a printed serial number in red, series letter, and the denomination 'CUATRO REALES / Plata Boliviana' in bold gothic lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DEL LITORAL PARANA JULIO 2 DE 1871 CUATRO REALES Plata Boliviana Pagare a la vista y al portador Serie B CUATRO REALES (repeated in border) |
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Banco del Litoral was a short-lived Bolivian commercial bank operating out of Cobija, the country's only Pacific port at the time. The 4 Reales denomination is denominated in Plata Boliviana — Bolivian silver — anchoring the note to a specie standard at a moment when Bolivia's monetary framework was still organised around colonial-era silver coinage rather than a decimal peso system.
Cobija's isolation and the bank's brief operational lifespan make surviving notes from this series genuinely uncommon. PS#1705 is among the rarer catalogued entries in the South American private bank issues.