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5 Pesos Banco de La Alianza
| Issuer | Banco de la Alianza |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Banco de la Alianza Pagara al portador la vista en Santiago CINCO PESOS Moneda Corriente. SANTIAGO Feb 13 de 1873 Superintendente de la Casa de la Moneda (Translation: Bank of la Alianza Will pay the bearer on demand in Santiago Five Pesos Common Currency. Santiago, February 13, 1873 Superintendent of Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE LA ALIANZA (Translation: Bank of Alianza) |
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Banco de la Alianza was one of several private provincial banks that emerged in Argentina during the early 1870s, operating out of Córdoba province before the eventual nationalization of note-issuing authority consolidated banking under federal control. The American Bank Note Company handled most of the serious plate work for South American issuers of this period — their New York shop was the default choice for any institution wanting engraved work that could resist counterfeiting in markets where forgery was endemic.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference signals this as a specialized private bank issue, not a national series. Survival rates for provincial Argentine notes of this decade are low.