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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Tesorería de la Provincia de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a right-facing portrait vignette of Dardo Rocha, founder of La Plata, set against a light guilloche underprint with the numeral '20' repeated in the background. The provincial coat of arms of Buenos Aires appears at the lower left, with the denomination 'VEINTE PESOS' in bold letterpress along the bottom. The heading 'PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES' runs across the top, accompanied by the inscription 'LETRA DE TESORERÍA PARA CANCELACIÓN DE OBLIGACIONES (PATACÓN)' and the serial number prefix 'B' in red. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large block of printed legal text in Spanish, set within a decorative border with a light pink and cream guilloche underprint. A classical column vignette appears at the left margin, while the numeral '20' and 'PESOS' are printed in red at upper and lower right. The text reproduces key articles of Ley N° 12.774 and the Resolución del Ministro de Economía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires authorizing the emission of this Patacón 2 series, with a stated maturity date of 13 November 2006. |
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The Tesorería de la Provincia de Buenos Aires issued these provincial notes as a direct consequence of Argentina's 2001–2002 financial collapse, when the federal government froze bank deposits under the corralito and the country effectively ran out of circulating currency. Buenos Aires Province, like several others, began printing its own quasi-currency — the Patacón — to pay public employees and meet obligations the federal peso system could no longer handle. These notes were legal tender within the province but not nationally, creating a patchwork monetary reality across Argentina that persisted into the mid-2000s.
The 2006 date places this issue late in the Patacón's life, well after the acute crisis had passed — likely a final administrative emission or redemption-phase printing rather than active wage-payment stock.