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10 000 Pesos - Inés Zorreguieta
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Peso convertible (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Queen Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti of the Netherlands, born 17 May 1971 in Buenos Aires. Denomination 10000 in numerals appears alongside the legend REPUBLICA ARGENTINA and EN UNIÓN Y LIBERTAD. The note bears the inscription ESTO NO ES DE CURSO LEGAL, confirming its non-legal-tender fantasy status. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10000 REPUBLICA ARGENTINA EN UNION Y LIBERTAD 25 DE MAYO DE 1810 DEDICADO A LA MEMORIA DE INES ZORREGUIETA DIEZ MIL 10000 PESOS MAXIMA |
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Argentina's shift to polymer banknotes accelerated after 2017, when chronic inflation was already rendering lower denominations functionally useless. This 10,000 peso note — the highest denomination in the series at its introduction — reflects how quickly purchasing power collapsed in the intervening years: a note of this face value bought progressively less with each passing month of circulation.
Inés de Unanue de Zorreguieta, honoured here, was a prominent Argentine conservationist and founder of the Humedales sin Fronteras foundation. Her selection continued the central bank's policy of replacing military and political figures on high-denomination notes with figures from science and environmental advocacy — a deliberate reorientation begun around 2016.