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5 Pesos Banco de La Alianza
| Issuer | Banco de la Alianza |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse presents a dense lathe-work guilloche border surrounding the entire note. At centre, an oval cartouche with a pale underprint bears the bank name in two lines of bold serif lettering. To each side of the cartouche stands a large ornate Roman numeral V rendered in an elaborate foliate surround, serving as the denomination indicator. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE LA ALIANZA (Translation: Bank of Alianza) |
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Banco de la Alianza was one of several private provincial banks that emerged in Argentina during the early 1870s, operating out of Córdoba province before the eventual nationalization of note-issuing authority consolidated banking under federal control. The American Bank Note Company handled most of the serious plate work for South American issuers of this period — their New York shop was the default choice for any institution wanting engraved work that could resist counterfeiting in markets where forgery was endemic.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference signals this as a specialized private bank issue, not a national series. Survival rates for provincial Argentine notes of this decade are low.