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2 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 2002-2014 |
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| Printer | Casa de Moneda, Argentina |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA DOS PESOS BARTOLOME MITRE (Translation: Central Bank of the Argentine Republic Two Pesos Bartolomé Mitre) |
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| Reverse lettering | DOS PESOS REPUBLICA ARGENTINA EN UNIÓN Y LIBERTAD Bartolomé Mitre (Buenos Aires 1821-1906) Destacado político, militar, historiador, hombre de letras y periodista. Gobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y Presidente de la República Argentina (1862-1868) Museo Mitre Casa de Moneda (Translation: Two Pesos Argentine Republic in union and freedom Bartolomé Mitre (Buenos Aires 1821-1906) Outstanding politician, military man, historian, man of letters and journalist. Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires and President of the Argentine Republic (1862-1868) Mitre Museum National Mint) |
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This note entered circulation in the immediate aftermath of Argentina's 2001–2002 economic collapse, when the government abandoned the peso's one-to-one convertibility with the US dollar and the financial system effectively imploded. The 2 Peso denomination was functional currency during a period of severe cash shortages — provinces had been issuing their own quasi-currencies, the "patacones" and "lecops," precisely because federal banknotes were in short supply.
The twelve-year print run through 2014 reflects how long it took for the denomination to feel ordinary again.