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10 Australes
| Issuer | Provincia de Tucumán |
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| Year | 1985-1987 |
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| Currency | Austral (1985-1991) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue and olive-green note with a central vignette of the provincial coat of arms flanked by two guilloche rosettes at left and right. The denomination 'A 10' appears in a circular underprint at upper right, with 'Diez Australes' printed vertically on both lateral margins. Two facsimile signatures appear below the coat of arms, identified as Ministro de Economía and Gobernador. A patriotic quotation by Fernando Riera is printed along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE TUCUMAN `BONOS DE CANCELACION DE DEUDAS` SERIE E LEY N° 5728 AL PORTADOR FECHA DE CADUCIDAD 30 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1987 `QUE EL FEDERALISMO ALIMENTE, ROJO Y CALIENTE, LA CELULA VIVA DE LA NACIÓN` FERNANDO RIERA, 1° DE ABRIL DE 1985 (Translation: PROVINCE OF TUCUMAN `DEBT CANCELLATION BONDS` SERIES E LAW N° 5728 BEARER EXPIRATION DATE NOVEMBER 30, 1987 `LET FEDERALISM FEED, RED AND HOT, THE LIVING CELL OF THE NATION` FERNANDO RIERA, APRIL 1, 1985) |
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Tucumán's provincial austral issues were a direct consequence of the acute coin shortage that struck Argentina in the mid-1980s, when chronic inflation made low-denomination metallic currency economically irrational to produce or hold. Provincial governments stepped in with their own fractional paper — technically emergency money, though officially sanctioned. Tucumán was among the most prolific issuers in the northwest.
These notes circulated almost exclusively within the province, accepted by local commerce and public transport but refused elsewhere. Redemption was erratic, and a portion never returned to the issuing authority.