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4 Reales Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Santa Fé, Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bold heading "EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA-FE" at the top, below which a central allegorical vignette shows two reclining figures flanking a coat of arms. The denomination panel in the lower centre reads "CUATRO REALES" in large letterpress, with a manuscript serial number directly below. The place and date "Santa Fé, 1° de Noviembre 1874" appear in handwritten script in the upper corners, and the numeral "4" is repeated in a small medallion at the lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE SANTA-FE CUATRO REALES Santa Fé 1° de Noviembre 1874 No. 024932 POR EL DIRECTORIO |
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The Banco Provincial de Santa-Fé was established by provincial law in 1874, making this note effectively a first-year issue from an institution that had barely found its footing. Argentine provincial banking in this period was a patchwork of competing authorities, and Santa-Fé's bank operated under chronic pressure from both the national government and rival commercial banks in Buenos Aires.
The denomination in Plata Boliviana — Bolivian silver — reflects how widely that coinage still circulated as a de facto standard in the interior provinces well into the 1870s, long after Buenos Aires had largely moved on from it.