Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Provincia de La Rioja |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Peso (1992-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed predominantly in orange on plain paper and carries the full legal text of Ley 7.113 governing the issuance of the Bonos de Cancelación de Deudas, set in multiple paragraphs of small typeface. The heading PROVINCIA DE LA RIOJA - BONOS DE CANCELACION DE DEUDAS - LEY 7113 runs across the top in bold. The denomination numeral 5 appears in outline at upper left, and the entire field is covered with the statutory conditions of payment, convertibility terms, and obligations of the provincial government. |
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| Signature(s) | Dr. Luis Beder Herrera (Ministro Coordinador de Gobierno) and Angel Eduardo Maza (Gobernador) |
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La Rioja's 2003 emergency notes belong to a remarkable moment of institutional improvisation. Following the 2001–2002 financial collapse, numerous Argentine provinces issued their own quasi-currencies — known collectively as "cuasimonedas" — to pay public employees and fund basic government operations when federal transfers collapsed and bank accounts were frozen. La Rioja's series was among the later provincial emissions, printed domestically under tight budget constraints.
Angel Eduardo Maza, whose signature appears as Gobernador, went on to serve as president of Argentina's National Electoral Chamber — an unusual trajectory for someone whose name appears on emergency scrip.