5 Pesos Banco de La Alianza

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.