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5 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de San Juan |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Serie D Nº 002878 EL BANCO DE SAN JUAN pagará al portador y á la vista CINCO CENTAVOS FUERTES en moneda de ley. SAN JUAN, 3 de Enero de 1876. POR EL BANCO BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. ENGRAVERS & LONDON |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting plain cream-coloured cotton paper with natural aging and fold marks visible across the entire surface. No vignette, text, or ornamental elements are present. |
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Banco de San Juan was one of several Argentine provincial banks issuing fractional notes during the 1870s, a period when small-denomination coinage was chronically scarce across the interior provinces. The centavo fuerte designation reflects the hard-currency accounting unit nominally tied to metallic values — a distinction that carried little practical weight when these notes actually circulated.
Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. handled a significant share of South American provincial bank printing in this period. Their London production for remote Argentine issuers meant notes could take months to reach circulation after printing.