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1.000 Chachos (=1.000 Pesos)
| Issuer | Gobierno de la Provincia de La Rioja |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1.000 CHACHOS BONO DE CANCELACIÓN DE DEUDA AL PORTADOR LEY 10.703 Ricardo Clemente Quintela Gobernador LA RIOJA GOBIERNO SERIE A |
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| Reverse lettering | 1.000 CHACHOS AL PORTADOR LEY 10.703 SERIE A |
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La Rioja's chacho is among the most politically loaded subnational currencies in recent Argentine history. The province has issued quasi-money in various forms since the 2001–2002 collapse, but the 2024 revival — now branded with the chacho name, a reference to the 19th-century caudillo Ángel Vicente "Chacho" Peñaloza — coincides directly with Governor Quintela's public confrontation with the Milei administration over federal co-participation transfers. The note is, bluntly, a fiscal pressure instrument as much as a circulating medium.
The QR code is genuinely unusual for Argentine provincial scrip, suggesting at least nominal infrastructure for digital verification. Whether that system functions consistently in practice is another matter.