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½ Real Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Concordia |
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| Year | 187_ |
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| Currency | Real (1813-1881) |
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| Obverse description | Green note printed in dark ink on green paper, with the issuer's name BANCO ARGENTINO and the branch location CONCORDIA in bold letterpress across the upper field. A central oval vignette contains a portrait bust of a bearded man, flanked by the denomination indicators MEDIO and REAL in large bold type. Corner medallions carry the fraction ½, and a guilloche border frames the entire face; a handwritten date in the 187_ series appears above the central vignette alongside the registration line. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nº / BANCO ARGENTINO / CONCORDIA / Registrado / 187 / MEDIO / REAL / Pagará a la vista ó su equivalente al portador de DIEZ Y SEIS de estos billetes. / UN PESO plata boliv. en moneda legal / POR EL BANCO / ½ |
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Banco Argentino de Concordia operated out of Entre Ríos province during Argentina's brief but chaotic era of provincial free banking, before the 1887 Ley de Bancos Garantidos brought stricter federal oversight. Concordia, a river port on the Uruguay border, had enough cross-border trade to make fractional currency in Bolivian reales a practical commercial choice — Bolivia's silver real was still circulating widely in the interior long after most coastal centers had abandoned it.
The "187_" dating convention indicates the last digit was hand-completed at issue. PS#1451 is among the more obscure provincial Argentine entries in Krause, and surviving examples are rarely encountered in any condition.