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5 Pesos Plata Boliviana
| Issuer | Banco Argentino, Concordia |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The centre of the note is dominated by an oval vignette of a standing bull in a pastoral landscape with trees and buildings in the background. To the lower left, a male figure in gaucho dress is shown with a lasso, while to the lower right a seated female allegorical figure appears in classical robes. The denomination numeral '5' appears at the upper left and upper right corners, with a green guilloche underprint throughout. The issuing place 'Concordia' and date '1 de Julio de 1873' are inscribed in manuscript, with the bank title 'EL BANCO ARGENTINO' in bold letterpress across the centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | EL BANCO CINCO PESOS ARGENTINO |
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The Banco Argentino operated out of Concordia, Entre Ríos — a provincial river town whose commercial importance derived almost entirely from its position on the Uruguay River and cross-border trade with Uruguay itself. That geography explains the denomination: pesos plata boliviana was the de facto trading currency across much of the Río de la Plata interior in the 1870s, preferred over Buenos Aires paper by merchants who didn't trust provincial emissions.
ABNC produced the plates in New York under contract during a period when virtually every Argentine provincial bank went to American or British security printers — domestic printing capacity simply didn't exist at the required security standard. The Banco Argentino itself was short-lived, and PS#1460 survivors are genuinely rare.