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5 Pesos Fuertes
| Issuer | Banco de la Província de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into three vertical panels: at left, an intaglio vignette of a gaucho on horseback at full gallop; at centre, a large portrait medallion of a bearded gentleman set within a pink and black guilloche underprint, flanked by the numeral 5 on each side and the inscriptions CINCO PESOS FUERTES and EN MONEDA DE CURSO LEGAL; at right, an allegorical female figure seated with classical attributes. The bank title EL BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES runs along the upper left, with the date 14 Enero de 1881 below, and the overprint SPECIMEN appears twice across the lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | CINCO PESOS FUERTES 5 AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK |
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The Banco de la Província de Buenos Aires occupied an unusual position in Argentine monetary history: it operated as a quasi-central bank for the province long before any national reserve institution existed, issuing its own notes against a separate provincial guarantee rather than federal backing. By 1881, Argentina was still navigating the fractured currency landscape left by decades of competing provincial emissions, and Buenos Aires province remained one of the few issuers with enough credibility to keep its paper trading near par.
ABNC printed this series from its Maiden Lane facility. The company held the Banco de la Província contract through several successive series, which sometimes makes distinguishing individual issues tricky without checking the serial prefix and signature combination carefully.