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5 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco del Litoral |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1963) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress note with an oval portrait vignette of a male figure at left, enclosed within a decorative frame. The bold bank title 'BANCO DEL LITORAL' arches across the upper portion in large letters, with the place of issue 'PARANA' and date 'JULIO 21 DE 1871' inscribed in the central field. The denomination 'CINCO PESOS PLATA BOLIVIANA' is printed in ornate script at centre, flanked by guilloche-pattern borders and repeated numeral '5' corner devices. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO DEL LITORAL PARANA JULIO 21 DE 1871 Pagará á la vista CINCO PESOS PLATA BOLIVIANA ó su equivalente en moneda de POR EL BANCO SERIE A |
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Banco del Litoral operated out of Buenos Aires in the early 1870s, one of several provincial institutions issuing notes denominated in pesos plata boliviana — a unit tied to the Bolivian silver peso that circulated alongside the Argentine peso fuerte in the Río de la Plata region during this period. The denomination itself signals the note's intended territory of trade: the northwestern and interior commercial corridors where Bolivian currency retained real market presence.
Surviving examples of this issue are scarce. The bank had a short operational life, and provincial Argentine note-issuing was curtailed progressively through the 1870s and 1880s as federal monetary consolidation took hold.