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5.000 Pesos Argentinos
| Issuer | Provincia de Salta |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Currency | Peso Argentino (1983-1985) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue and red on white paper, with a fine guilloche underprint covering the field. At upper centre, the text PROVINCIA DE SALTA is inscribed above the subtitle BONO DE CANCELACION DE DEUDA / LEY 6228. An oval vignette at left centre bears the provincial seal of Salta surrounded by a laurel wreath. The denomination $a 5000 appears at upper right, with CINCO MIL / Pesos Argentinos printed vertically along the right margin. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre, identified as MINISTRO DE ECONOMIA and GOBERNADOR, with the serial number at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed predominantly in blue, with a fine guilloche underprint across the entire field. The heading PROVINCIA DE SALTA – BONO CANCELACION DE DEUDA – LEY 6228 runs across the top in bold lettering. Below, five numbered articles of the authorising legislation are reproduced in full in small typeface, setting out the legal framework for the issuance and redemption of these debt-cancellation bonds. |
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By 1987, Argentina's national currency was disintegrating under hyperinflation, and several provinces responded by issuing their own emergency paper. Salta's 5,000 Pesos Argentinos note is one of these provincial quasi-currencies — legally questionable instruments that circulated locally because there was simply nothing else available. The national Pesos Argentinos denomination itself was abolished the following year when the Austral replacement series collapsed into its own spiral.
Provincial issues from this period are poorly documented. Print runs were rarely published, and surviving records from the issuing authorities are incomplete.