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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Catamarca |
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| Year | 1993-1998 |
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| Currency | Peso convertible (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | Dark green intaglio vignette of the Birthplace of Fray Mamerto Esquiú centered on the face, printed over a light green and multicolor guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '5' appears at both sides, with the issuing authority inscription running across the upper portion of the note. The overall color scheme is dominated by dark green over a pale green and orange multicolor background. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCIA DE CATAMARCA RECONOCERA POR ESTE TITULO PUBLICO AL PORTADOR LEY 4748 5 CINCO PESOS (Translation: PROVINCE OF CATAMARCA WILL RECOGNIZE BY THIS PUBLIC TITLE TO THE BEARER LAW 4748 5 FIVE PESOS) |
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The Provincia de Catamarca note is a provincial quasi-currency issued under Argentina's convertibility regime, when several cash-strapped provinces began printing their own instruments to meet payroll and local obligations that the federal government couldn't — or wouldn't — cover. These are not emergency notes in the traditional sense; they circulated alongside the peso as de facto legal tender within provincial borders, accepted by local merchants out of practical necessity rather than legal obligation.
Ciccone Calcografica, the Buenos Aires security printer behind much of Argentina's provincial paper from this period, produced the series. The firm later became notorious for its entanglement in a major counterfeiting and corruption scandal that broke in 2011.