Katalog
| Emittent | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Jahr | 2002-2014 |
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| Druckerei | Casa de Moneda, Argentina |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The central vignette presents an intaglio engraving of the facade of the Museo Mitre, the historic Buenos Aires house-museum preserving the former residence of Bartolomé Mitre, rendered in blue against a light guilloche underprint. To the right, an ornate orange guilloche wave frames a biographical inscription and two facsimile signature panels, above which the Argentine national coat of arms appears in the upper right corner. A decorative monogram cartouche reading 'BARTOLOME MITRE' is positioned at the lower centre-right, with the numeral '2' repeated on both lateral margins. |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Watermark |
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| Anmerkungen |
This note entered circulation in the immediate aftermath of Argentina's 2001–2002 economic collapse, when the government abandoned the peso's one-to-one convertibility with the US dollar and the financial system effectively imploded. The 2 Peso denomination was functional currency during a period of severe cash shortages — provinces had been issuing their own quasi-currencies, the "patacones" and "lecops," precisely because federal banknotes were in short supply.
The twelve-year print run through 2014 reflects how long it took for the denomination to feel ordinary again.