Catalog
100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 2003-2013 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | CIEN PESOS REPUBLICA ARGENTINA en unión y libertad Julio Argentino Roca (Tucuman 1843 - Buenos Aires 1914). Militar y estadista. Realizador de la campaña del desierto (1879). Firmo el tratado de limites con Chile - Fue dos veces presidente de la Republica (1880-1886; 1898-1904) LA CONQUISTA DEL DESIERTO (Translation: Argentinian Republic 100 Pesos Julio Argentino Roca (Tucuman 1843-Buenos Aires 1914) Military Statesman. Leader of the desert campaign (1879). He signed the boundary treaty with Chile. He was twice president of Argentina (1880-1886, 1898-1904)) |
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| Protection description | Julio Argentino Roca's portrait visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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This note entered circulation in the immediate aftermath of Argentina's 2001–2002 financial collapse, when the peso had just been forcibly re-pegged after the catastrophic end of convertibility. The Banco Central was rebuilding public confidence in domestic currency at a moment when many Argentines were still holding dollars under their mattresses, courts were injuncting the government over frozen bank deposits, and the corralito remained a raw national wound.
Casa de Moneda's security package for this series was notably modest given the denomination — watermark and thread, without the optically variable ink or color-shifting elements that had become common on comparable notes elsewhere by the early 2000s. That restraint reflected both budget constraints and the sheer volume the printer needed to produce quickly.