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20 000 Chachos
| Issuer | Provincia de La Rioja |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | 20.000 CHACHOS (BONO de CANCELACIÓN de DEUDA) AL PORTADOR LEY 10.703 LA RIOJA ARGENTINA (Translation: 20,000 CHACHOS (DEBT CANCELLATION BONUS) TO THE BEARER LAW 10,703 LA RIOJA ARGENTINA) |
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| Protection description | QR code on obverse linking to the official BOCADE security verification platform for authentication of the debt cancellation bond. |
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La Rioja is one of several Argentine provinces that has periodically resorted to quasi-currency when federal transfers fall short. The province issued earlier series of "Chachos" — named after the 19th-century caudillo Ángel Vicente Peñaloza — and this 2024 iteration continues that tradition during a period of acute provincial fiscal stress. The denomination of 20,000 reflects how far inflation had compressed the practical value of earlier low-denomination issues in the series.
The QR code is a notable departure from previous Chacho emissions, allowing digital verification — an acknowledgment that trust in provincial scrip requires more than paper promises.