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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1883 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is headed with the inscription REPUBLICA ARGENTINA and EL BANCO NACIONAL in large lettering across the upper portion, flanked by the numeral 5 on each side. At lower left, an intaglio portrait vignette of a uniformed military figure is set within an oval frame. To the right, a pastoral vignette depicts cattle and a horse in a rural landscape. The central text reads CINCO PESOS / MONEDA NACIONAL ORO SEGUN LEY, with place and date of issue (Buenos Aires, Enero 1° de 1883) at upper left and series and serial number designations below the bank title. A guilloche underprint in pink occupies the central field, with signature lines for Inspector de Fábrica and Directorio at lower center. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA EL BANCO NACIONAL CINCO PESOS MONEDA NACIONAL ORO SEGUN LEY BUENOS AIRES, ENERO 1° DE 1883 Série C. INSPECTOR DE FABRICA DIRECTORIO CINCO |
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Banco Nacional was one of several private banks of issue operating in Colombia during the 1880s under a system of free banking that the government would eventually abolish in 1886 when it established a state monopoly. This note predates that consolidation by just a few years and belongs to a short window when competing private institutions were still authorized to place their own paper into circulation.
ABNC's Colombian commissions from this period are well-documented. The company maintained a long relationship with Colombian banking clients throughout the late nineteenth century, producing notes for multiple institutions simultaneously — sometimes sharing plate elements across different issuers.