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4 Reales Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on pale paper. The upper portion bears the bank title EL BANCO ARGENTINO in bold serif lettering within a decorative border, with a central vignette of a reclining dog. Two allegorical female figures in classical dress occupy the left and right margins respectively. The text CUATRO REALES appears in large letterpress script across the centre, with the place and date of issue Córdoba, 1° de Julio de 1873 inscribed in manuscript, and the payable clause Pagamos a la vista y al portador above, with plata boliviana é su equivalente en moneda del país below. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ARGENTINO SERIE A CÓRDOBA 1° DE JULIO DE 1873 PAGAMOS A LA VISTA Y AL PORTADOR CUATRO REALES PLATA BOLIVIANA É SU EQUIVALENTE EN MONEDA DEL PAÍS 4 4 |
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Banco Argentino operated out of Córdoba during a brief window when Argentina's provincial banking system was still largely unregulated — before the national government moved to consolidate currency authority in the 1880s. The denomination itself, reales plata boliviana, reflects the commercial reality of the interior provinces, where Bolivian silver coinage circulated more reliably than anything Buenos Aires could guarantee. Quoting a denomination in a foreign silver standard was a practical hedge, not an eccentricity.
The ABNC contract for this series is early for an Argentine provincial client — 1873 predates the company's heaviest South American workload by nearly a decade.