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5 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Corrientes |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central oval vignette at left with an allegorical female figure seated with a child, rendered in intaglio style, surrounded by ornate guilloche border work. To the right of center, a second vignette shows a putto or cherub figure beside a large chest or strongbox. The denomination "CINCO PESOS FUERTES" appears in bold letterpress across the center, with the issuer's name "EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES" arched above, and additional text stating the note is payable to the bearer on demand; the date "1° de 1868" and place "CORRIENTES, MARZO" are printed in the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES CINCO PESOS F° EL BANCO COMERCIAL DE CORRIENTES CORRIENTES, MARZO 1° de 1868 CINCO B. N° PAGARÁ PESOS A LA VISTA CINCO PESOS FUERTES al portador de este billete. POR EL BANCO CINCO PESOS F° 5 |
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The Banco Comercial de Corrientes was one of several provincial banks that proliferated in Argentina during the 1860s, operating largely outside the reach of Buenos Aires financial supervision. Corrientes province had a long habit of monetary independence — it was among the last Argentine provinces to formally integrate into the national economic framework, and its local banking notes circulated in a regional economy still heavily tied to yerba mate and livestock trade rather than the commercial flows that anchored the Littoral ports.
PS#1585 is rare in any condition. Provincial Argentine issues of this period were printed in small quantities, redeemed poorly, and rarely preserved systematically.