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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Provincial de Córdoba |
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| Year | 1889 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA BONO AGRÍCOLA-INDUSTRIAL SECCIÓN HIPOTECARIA LA SECCIÓN HIPOTECARIA AGRÍCOLA E INDUSTRIAL DEL BANCO PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR DE ÉSTE Y UNO CINCO PESOS MONEDA NACIONAL CÓRDOBA, ENERO 1º DE 1889 CINCO 5 CONTADOR GERENTE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in brown on cream paper and is dominated by a large central vignette of a sailing vessel with three masts on calm water, framed within an elaborate lathe-work border of interlocking guilloche rosettes and ornamental panels. The denomination 'CINCO PESOS' is split across the central panel, with 'CINCO' on the left and 'PESOS' on the right, while 'BANCO' appears at the top centre and 'PROVINCIAL DE CÓRDOBA' runs along the bottom border. Numeral '5' counters appear in mirror orientation at each corner within circular guilloche medallions. |
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The Banco Provincial de Córdoba was one of several Argentine provincial banks empowered to issue currency under the 1887 Ley de Bancos Garantidos, which allowed provincial institutions to emit notes backed by national bonds. The system collapsed almost immediately — by 1890 the Baring Crisis had detonated Argentina's financial system, the guarantee banks were liquidated, and most of their issues were withdrawn within a few years of printing. A note dated 1889 sits right at the edge of that collapse.
ABNC produced the plates in New York; the "Córdoba" in the title refers to the issuing province, not the press location. Their Argentine provincial work from this period tends to be technically consistent, though the short effective circulation window means surviving examples often show minimal wear — not from care, but from early withdrawal.