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5 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos Fuertes |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out in a horizontal format with a guilloche border framing the entire note. At left, a standing allegorical female figure in classical robes holds a shield, set within a vertical panel bearing the numeral '5'. To the right of this panel, the bank title 'El Banco Comercial de Corrientes' is inscribed in a curved letterpress legend at top, beneath which a vignette of a bull is placed alongside the denomination cartouche '5 Pesos Ftes'. The central field carries the text 'PAGARA A LA VISTA' above the large denomination legend 'CINCO PESOS FUERTES' flanked by ornamental 'V' roundels, with the bearer clause 'AL PORTADOR DE ESTE BILLETE', place, and date 'Corrientes, 1° de Febrero de 1867' printed below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially unprinted, presenting a plain paper surface with fold marks and age toning visible across the sheet, consistent with circulation wear. No vignettes, text, or ornamental elements are present on this side. |
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The Banco Comercial de Corrientes was one of several provincial banks that emerged in Argentina during the 1850s and 1860s, operating largely outside the regulatory reach of Buenos Aires. Corrientes province had a long history of political friction with the federal government, and its banking institutions reflected that autonomy — issuing their own paper currency with limited coordination at the national level.
The "Pesos Fuertes" denomination signals this note predates Argentina's 1876 currency consolidation. By 1867, the province was also absorbing the economic shocks of the War of the Triple Alliance, which had begun two years earlier and whose front lines ran through Corrientes itself — the first Argentine province to be occupied by Paraguayan forces in 1865.