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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1888 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated at left by an intaglio portrait vignette of a distinguished gentleman in an oval frame with lathe-work border. At centre, a standing allegorical female figure is rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The heading reads REPUBLICA ARGENTINA at top, with the bank name EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CORDOBA in bold script across the centre field, and the denomination CINCO PESOS in large display lettering below. The Argentine national coat of arms appears at upper right, alongside series and emission text referencing the law of 2 de Noviembre de 1887, with the numeral 5 in the upper-right corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA ARGENTINA CINCO EL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA pagará á la vista y al portador Cinco Pesos Série 004 BUENOS AIRES NACIONALES SEGÚN LEY DE 2 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1887 EMISION GARANTIDA CON EL DEPOSITO DE FONDOS PUBLICOS POR EL BANCO — COMISION INSPECTORA |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks empowered to issue their own currency under the 1853 constitution's decentralized banking framework. That arrangement collapsed spectacularly in 1890 during the Baring Crisis, when overextended credit and rampant note issuance by provincial institutions contributed directly to Argentina's sovereign default and the near-bankruptcy of Baring Brothers in London. This note predates that crisis by two years — issued just as the speculative expansion was reaching its peak.
ABNC handled most of the prestige currency printing for Latin American clients during this period, and their Buenos Aires-era Argentine contracts were among the firm's most active.