Catalog
5 Australes
| Issuer | Provincia de La Rioja |
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| Year | 1985-1987 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is text-heavy, printed in dark ink on a light background with a small denomination numeral "5" at upper left and the "Cinco Australes" legend at right within a vertical panel. The central field is occupied by the full text of provincial Law 4534, set in small letterpress type across multiple numbered articles. |
| Reverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE LA RIOJA - BONO CANCELACION DE DEUDA - LEY 4534 LA CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS DE LA PROVINCIA SANCIONA CON FUERZA DE LEY: Articulo 1: ... (Translation: La Rioja Province - Debt Cancellation Bond - Law 4534 The Provincial Chamber of Deputies passes with the force of law: Article 1: ... (text of the law)) |
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La Rioja's austral notes were issued under a provincial emergency finance scheme that proliferated across Argentina's interior provinces during the late 1980s as the federal government's own currency collapsed under hyperinflation. These quasi-monies — technically obligations of provincial treasuries rather than proper banknotes — circulated locally because there was simply nothing else available. Employees of provincial administrations were paid in them.
Casa de Moneda printed several of these provincial series simultaneously, which creates attribution headaches; plate reuse between denominations and provinces is documented.