Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1852 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bold header inscription PROVINCIA DE CORRIENTES across the top, with the numeral 5 appearing in each lower corner. A central oval vignette surrounded by ornate lathe-work frames three manuscript signature lines and a circular official stamp. Below the central vignette, a two-line text block in Spanish sets out the governmental guarantee of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE CORRIENTES CINCO PESOS 5 El Gobierno garantiza este billete con las propiedades y rentas publicas de la Provincia. Los que alteren o falsifiquen serán castigados |
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Corrientes was one of the few Argentine provinces that maintained its own paper money system well into the national period, resisting absorption into the Buenos Aires-dominated monetary framework. This 5 Pesos note dates from the early 1850s, a turbulent stretch during which Corrientes had recently sided against Rosas in the civil conflicts that ended at Caseros in February 1852 — the same year this note was issued.
Provincial notes of this type were printed under extremely limited technical conditions, and the PS prefix in the Pick numbering reflects their classification as a speculative or quasi-governmental emission rather than a formal central bank issue. Survivor population is thin.