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2 Reales Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco de San Juan - Sucursal (Branch) Catamarca |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the heading 'LA SUCURSAL DEL BANCO DE SAN JUAN EN CATAMARCA' in bold letterpress across the upper portion, with a large ornate numeral '2' in each upper corner within circular guilloche frames. A vignette at the lower left portrays a dog's head in fine engraving. The central text reads 'Pagará á la vista al Portador DOS REALES PLATA CORRIENTE BOLIVIANA en moneda corriente en esta Provincia. Catamarca 1º de Julio de 1875', with the word 'MUESTRA' (specimen) printed to the lower right. The imprint of the printer Guillermo Kraft, Reconquista 72, Buenos Aires, appears along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse design of this note is not documented in available catalog sources. |
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Banco de San Juan operated out of the Argentine province of San Juan, and by the mid-1870s it had extended branch operations into Catamarca — a neighboring province with its own commercial needs but no issuing bank of its own. This note is a product of that arrangement. Guillermo Kraft, the Buenos Aires printer responsible for much of the era's provincial banking paper in Argentina, produced the series.
The denomination in Reales Bolivianos reflects how deeply Bolivian coinage had penetrated northwestern Argentine commerce. The unit wasn't a quirk — it was the practical currency of the region's trade networks.