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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de Entre Ríos |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Printer | Casa de Moneda, Argentina |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of General Justo José de Urquiza — Argentine military commander, statesman, and President of the Argentine Confederation (1854–1860) — positioned to the left of centre. The upper portion carries the provincial and instrument titles, with the denomination CINCO PESOS stated in full. Guilloche underprint elements frame the composition. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is occupied entirely by a multi-article legal text in Spanish, set in small letterpress type, reproducing selected articles of Provincial Law N° 9359/01 governing the issuance and conditions of the "FEDERAL" treasury letters. The text is arranged in two columns and concludes with the place and date of issue: Paraná, 1 de octubre de 2001. |
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Entre Ríos was one of several Argentine provinces that issued its own quasi-currency during the 2001–2002 convertibility crisis, when the national government froze bank deposits and the federal money supply effectively collapsed. These provincial bonds — called *Patacones* in Buenos Aires province, *Lecops* at the federal level, and *Federales* here in Entre Ríos — circulated alongside the peso as de facto legal tender within provincial borders, accepted for taxes, salaries, and eventually many retail transactions.
Casa de Moneda printed the Entre Ríos emissions under contract, which gave them a more finished appearance than some provincial issues. Redeemable in pesos after the crisis resolved, most were surrendered and destroyed, thinning survivor populations considerably.