Catalog
1000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 2017-2022 |
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| Currency | Peso convertible (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | A large intaglio vignette of the Hornero (Furnarius rufus), Argentina's national bird, occupies the lower centre of the note, rendered in red and ochre tones against a floral underprint of daisies and native grasses. A smaller secondary vignette of the Hornero in blue appears in the upper right, with the serial prefix letter at upper left and a windowed security thread running horizontally across the centre. The denomination '1000 / MIL PESOS' is printed in large optically variable green numerals at upper right, with the issuer's name 'BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA' in vertical intaglio lettering along the right margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA en unión y libertad Llanura Pampeana PARTE CONTINENTAL AMERICANA PRESIDENTE B.C.R.A. PRESIDENTE H.C. DIPUTADOS S.E. CASA DE MONEDA (Translation: Argentine Republic in union and liberty / Pampas Plain / American Continental Part / President of the Central Bank / President of the Chamber of Deputies / Casa de Moneda) |
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Argentina's peso denominations have been reissued repeatedly as inflation erodes purchasing power, and the 1000-peso note entering circulation in 2017 is a product of exactly that dynamic — it replaced smaller denominations as the functional top of the series within a currency already under severe pressure. Production was split across three printing houses in Brazil, Argentina, and Spain simultaneously, an unusual arrangement that reflects both domestic capacity constraints at the Casa de Moneda in Buenos Aires and the sheer volume of notes required.
By the early 2020s, inflation had rendered the 1000-peso note nearly worthless in daily transactions.