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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1869 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown and purple tones on white paper, with a central oval vignette of a standing bull set within a guilloche border. The denomination numeral '5' appears in ornate cartouches at the upper left and right corners, flanked by two smaller lateral vignettes: a seated female figure at the lower left and a resting gaucho figure at the lower right. The issuer legend 'LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AYRES' arches across the centre, with 'CINCO PESOS' in bold letterpress below, above a manuscript date line and a manuscript signature from the Directorio del Banco. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain white cotton paper surface with no vignettes, text, or ornamental elements, consistent with the printing practice for provincial Argentine notes of this period. |
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The Provincia de Buenos Ayres operated its own note-issuing authority — the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires — largely independent of the national government in a period when Argentina's federal monetary arrangements were still deeply contested. The province had long resisted ceding financial control to Buenos Aires city or to any national bank, and provincial paper circulated on its own credit throughout much of the nineteenth century.
ABNC printed extensively for Argentine provincial and national issuers during this period, and the engraving quality is accordingly high. The PS prefix in the Pick reference places this squarely in the specialized South American provincial series — genuine collector territory rather than mainstream Argentine national issues.