5 Pesos Fuertes Banco del Paraguay

The Banco del Paraguay was established in 1871 as the country's first bank, created partly to manage the catastrophic financial aftermath of the War of the Triple Alliance, which had ended just two years earlier and left Paraguay with perhaps 10–15% of its prewar male population surviving. By 1882, when this note was issued, ABNC had become the default choice for Latin American issuers seeking engraved security printing of international standing — their New York plates were difficult to counterfeit locally, a real concern in a country with almost no functioning financial infrastructure.

The "Fuertes" designation distinguished these notes from depreciated paper issues circulating elsewhere in the region.