5 Pesos Fuertes

Banco Oxandaburu y Garbino was a short-lived private commercial bank operating in the Argentine province of Entre Ríos, and this 1869 issue reflects the chaotic period of provincial banking that preceded Argentina's eventual move toward a centralized monetary system in the 1880s. Provincial banks of this era often commissioned their plates from the American Bank Note Company regardless of their financial stability, which meant professionally engraved notes could be circulating on behalf of institutions that folded within a few years of issue.

The "pesos fuertes" denomination — strong pesos — was a distinction that mattered in a monetary environment where peso moneda corriente and peso fuerte traded at significantly different rates. Surviving examples from this issuer are genuinely scarce.