Catalog
20 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Tucumán |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 20 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red-orange on a pale ground with a guilloche underprint, the obverse carries the provincial coat of arms of Tucumán at upper left alongside the issuer title PROVINCIA DE TUCUMAN and the bond designation BONOS DE CANCELACION DE DEUDAS. The denomination $20 appears in large numerals at centre-left, framed by ornate geometric lathe-work borders, with an oval vignette at right presenting a neoclassical public building. Two signature lines attributed to the Ministro de Economía and the Gobernador are printed below the denomination, with the serial number repeated at upper right and lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red-orange on a pale ground and is entirely occupied by the legal text of the bond instrument in small typeface, headed PROVINCIA DE TUCUMAN - BONOS DE CANCELACION DE DEUDAS / LEY 5728 MODIFICADA POR LEYES 5866, 6969 Y 6988, followed by numbered articles detailing the legal authority, redemption conditions, and guarantees. A large ghost numeral 20 serves as an underprint at left in pale orange, and the issuer's monogram device is positioned at lower right. |
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Argentine provinces began issuing their own quasi-currencies — known as cuasimonedas — during the severe liquidity crisis of 2001–2002, when the federal government effectively ran out of pesos to transfer to the provinces. Tucumán's emission was part of that wave, used to pay provincial employees and contractors when hard currency simply wasn't available. Unlike the larger provinces, Tucumán's series remained relatively modest in total volume.
The PS prefix in the Pick reference places this firmly in the emergency provincial issues, a category that became obsolete almost as quickly as it appeared — most cuasimonedas were recalled and redeemed at par by 2003–2004 as the national economy stabilized under Kirchner.