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5 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Santa Fé |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos Plata Boliviana |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a blue-grey tone with large numeral '5' vignettes at the left and right corners. A central horizontal vignette, likely a landscape or architectural scene, occupies the upper central area. The bank name 'BANCO COMERCIAL DE SANTA FÉ' is set in bold letterpress across the centre, with the word 'CINCO' in large letters below. A circular red handstamp is visible at the left centre. Corner numerals '5' repeat at all four quadrants. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO COMERCIAL DE SANTA FÉ CINCO 5 |
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The "Pesos Plata Boliviana" denomination is the telling detail here. Santa Fé province in the 1860s operated in a monetary environment where multiple peso standards circulated simultaneously — the Bolivian silver peso was a common unit of account in the interior provinces precisely because Buenos Aires-minted and foreign coin supplies were unreliable this far from the coast. Denominating a provincial bank note in Bolivian silver rather than the Buenos Aires standard was a practical commercial decision, not an anomaly.
PS#1591 is among the scarcer entries in the Argentine provincial private bank series. Surviving examples are few enough that auction appearances remain infrequent.