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5 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Gobierno de la Provincia de San Luís / Tesorería de San Luís |
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| Year | 1871 |
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| Currency | Peso (1826-1985) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress note with a portrait vignette of a uniformed military figure at left within an oval frame, flanked by guilloche ornaments bearing the word CINCO at upper-left, lower-left, upper-right, and lower-right corners. A central allegorical vignette at upper centre shows a seated female figure in a classical landscape with a temple and rural scene in the background. The denomination numeral 5 appears in multiple positions across the note. The main legend EL GOBIERNO DE LA PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS / REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA is printed in bold serif type, with the promise text pagará al portador á la vista and the large denomination CINCO PESOS PLATA BOLIVIANA below. The handwritten date San Luis, Octubre 27 de 1871 and manuscript signatures appear at lower centre, accompanied by a circular official seal. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL GOBIERNO DE LA PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA pagará al portador á la vista CINCO PESOS PLATA BOLIVIANA San Luis, Octubre 27 de 1871 CINCO 5 |
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San Luís was one of several Argentine interior provinces that issued their own paper currency in the early 1870s, when the national government had not yet established the monetary framework that would eventually consolidate under the Banco Nacional in 1872. Provincial treasuries filled the gap, often printing notes of dubious backing and erratic circulation. The "Plata Boliviana" denomination is notable — it anchored the note's value to Bolivian silver coinage rather than to any Argentine standard, reflecting the commercial reality of a landlocked province whose trade flows ran as much toward the northwest as toward Buenos Aires.
PS#1396 is rare in any condition. Provincial Argentine issues from this period were typically printed in small quantities, circulated hard in local commerce, and were never systematically redeemed.