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5 Pesos 60 Centavos Fuertes = 40 Chirolas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos 60 Centavos Fuertes |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO NACIONAL pagará al portador y a la vista CINCO PESOS SESENTA CENTAVOS FUERTES ó cuarenta Chirolas de catorce centavos cada una en las monedas determinadas por la Ley Nacional Buenos Ayres 1° de Marzo de 1880 INSPECTOR PRESIDENTE SERIE A |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue-green, the reverse is dominated by a large central circular vignette of the Argentine coat of arms surrounded by a ring of coin impressions, all enclosed within an ornate guilloche border. The denomination '5.60' appears in four oval cartouches at the corners, with the bank name 'EL BANCO NACIONAL' across the top and the value text 'CINCO PESOS SESENTA CENTAVOS FUERTES' and '40 CHIROLAS DE 14 CENTAVOS' arranged in horizontal bands above and below the central device. The entire design is framed by an intricate geometric lathe-work border. |
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The denomination itself tells the story. "Chirolas" was a contemptuous slang term for the small copper coins that circulated in Argentina's interior provinces, and a banknote denominated in them — with the conversion spelled out explicitly — signals a deep institutional mistrust between Buenos Aires banking culture and the provincial populations these notes were meant to reach. The Banco Nacional was threading a needle between two monetary worlds that barely acknowledged each other.
PS#668 is among the more unusual fractional expressions in Argentine provincial banking, and surviving examples are genuinely scarce.