Catalog
2 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Catamarca |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| In circulation to | 30 November 2006 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the full text of the enacting legislation in blue print against a plain light background, with a guilloche security pattern along the left margin and the provincial coat of arms printed in light blue at the upper right. Three articles of Law No. 5066 are set in typeset text, establishing the terms and conditions of the bearer title series. |
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| Protection description | No watermark |
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| Comments |
Catamarca's 1993 issue belongs to the brief wave of provincial quasi-currency that emerged during Argentina's Convertibility Plan period, when cash shortages at the provincial level forced several administrations to issue their own instruments — locally called "cuasimonedas" — to pay salaries and suppliers. These circulated alongside federal pesos but were never legal tender in a strict national sense, accepted only within the issuing province and by creditors willing to take the risk.
Catamarca was among the smaller, fiscally weaker provinces, and its issues from this period were produced in modest quantities. The watermark security is minimal for the denomination.