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5 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Value | 5 Centavos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | The face of the note is dominated by a large central vignette of a rooster standing in profile, flanked by guilloche underprint panels including a serial number box to the right. The issuer's name arches across the upper portion alongside a small architectural vignette of a building gateway, with the denomination 'CINCO CENTAVOS FUERTES' in bold letterpress below. Series designation 'Serie A' appears at lower left, with printed signature lines for Tesorero and Presidente at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | CINCO CENTAVOS EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA PAGARA A LA VISTA UN PESO FUERTE AL PORTADOR DE VEINTE DE ESTOS BILLETES CINCO CENTAVOS FUERTES Serie A Tesorero Presidente Nº |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks authorized to issue their own currency before the National Bank Law of 1890 forced consolidation and ultimately liquidation on most of them. This fractional note — five centavos fuertes — circulated in an economy still navigating the difference between *fuertes* (hard currency equivalents) and *moneda corriente*, a distinction that mattered enormously to merchants at the time and created persistent confusion in daily exchange.
Fractional issues at this denomination were driven by a chronic shortage of small coin in the interior provinces, not by any central policy directive from Buenos Aires.