Catalog
5 Centavos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de Cuyo |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in pale rose-pink on white paper. A central oval vignette contains a palm tree, flanked to the right by a small vignette of an armadillo. The bank title 'EL BANCO DE CUYO' appears across the upper portion, with the denomination '5' repeated in the lower corners and the text 'Cinco Centavos Fuertes en moneda de ley' inscribed in the centre. Series letter and serial number appear in the upper margin, with the place of issue 'SAN JUAN' and a partial date printed at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE CUYO Serie C. Pagará al portador y á la vista Cinco Centavos Fuertes en moneda de ley SAN JUAN 5 5 |
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The Banco de Cuyo was one of several provincial Argentine banks authorized to issue notes under the 1854 banking legislation that allowed individual provinces to establish their own chartered institutions. Cuyo, encompassing what is now Mendoza, San Juan, and San Luis, had an economy driven by wine production and trans-Andean trade with Chile — commerce that demanded small-denomination instruments the national monetary system could not adequately supply.
The "fuertes" designation distinguished these notes from the heavily depreciated paper pesos circulating elsewhere, pegging nominal value to hard-currency standards. Whether that peg held in practice is another matter.