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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, with an elaborate all-over pattern of interlocking guilloche rosettes and floral lathe-work filling the field, punctuated by small numeral 5 counters distributed throughout. A large bold numeral '5' is overprinted in the centre as a denomination underprint, flanked by a small coat-of-arms vignette at the left and a scroll cartouche bearing 'CINCO PESOS' at the right. The legends 'CINCO PESOS' appear in solid letterpress panels at both the top and bottom margins. |
| Reverse lettering | CINCO PESOS CINCO PESOS |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks authorized to issue currency under the banking legislation of the 1870s, a period when Buenos Aires had not yet consolidated monetary control over the interior provinces. Each province effectively ran its own monetary policy, and notes like this one circulated in direct competition with federally issued currency and the notes of rival provincial banks — a situation that collapsed spectacularly during the Baring Crisis of 1890, which forced the liquidation of most provincial banks and the eventual nationalization of currency issuance.
The American Bank Note Company was the dominant supplier to Latin American issuers throughout this period, and their New York presses handled a significant portion of the continent's paper currency production.