The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) reported this Tuesday that The new 10,000 note is now in circulation, the one with the largest denomination to date in the country. The $20,000 one will be available during the last quarter of the year.
The new bill has the images of Manuel Belgrano and of Maria Remedios del Valle on the obverse, while on the reverse you can see an artistic recreation of the scene of the Pledge of Allegiance, held on February 27, 1812, on the reverse.
The image of Belgrano is from a portrait attributed to the French artist François Casimir Carbonnierwhile the representation of the heroine of the War of Independence belongs to the work The Captainmade by the Argentine artist Gisela Banzer, reported the monetary authority.
The new bill will be distributed progressively through the network of bank branches and ATMs throughout the country. In its announcement, the BCRA explained what the “strict security measures” are that make it up, to avoid scams due to counterfeits.
- Watermark: Against the light you can see the portraits of María Remedios del Valle and Manuel Belgrano, and the initials of their names in a light tone.
- Vented security thread: red thread that is revealed in three “windows” and has a dynamic effect when moving the bill. When held against the light, it is seen as a continuous band with the acronym BCRA.
- Optical variability ink: It changes from gold to green when you tilt the bill, with a dynamic three-dimensional effect.
- Latent image: When you look at the bill with grazing light, you can see the initials “RA” and the front-back complementation motif is completed, when the value “10,000” appears.
Likewise, the paper has identification for people with blindness: on the vertical edges you can feel the touch relief of the lineation of the parallel barsaccording to official information.
For the Government, the $10,000 bill, as well as the $20,000 bill with the image of Juan Bautista Alberdi, “will facilitate transactions between users, It will make the logistics of the financial system more efficient and less expensive and will significantly reduce the costs of acquiring finished banknotes.“.
Both bills belong to the family “Heroines and Heroes of the Homeland“announced in May 2022, by the Government of Alberto Fernández.
One by one, the sides of the $10,000 and $20,000 bills
Manuel Belgranolawyer, politician and military man, is one of the faces that appears on the $10,000 bill. Indeed, he was one of the main leaders of the historical process that began in 1810 for the Yonational independence.
In addition to participating in the First Junta, he led the Northern Army and commanded the Jujuy exodus, obtaining victories in Tucumán and Salta. Also, he was a person committed to the philosophical ideas of the Enlightenment.
One of the main concerns was to adopt an identity that strengthened both our history and our troops in order to unite all the inhabitants of our land. Thus, he was the creator of the current light blue and white flag as an emblem that would accompany the independence soldiers in their fight against the Spanish army.
The image that will be used of Belgrano will be that of a portrait attributed to the French artist François Casimir Carbonnier. On the back of the billthe main reason will be the artistic recreation of the scene of the Pledge of the Flag made on February 27, 1812.
Maria Remedios del Valleconsidered the “Mother of the Country”, is the co-star of the $10,000 bill. The representation of the heroine belongs to the work “La Capitana” made by the Argentine artist Gisela Banzer.
Along these lines, Del Valle was one of the few women who began to fight in the wars of Independence since the first national government was formed on May 25, 1810.
Her first participation was in the Upper Peru Expedition with her husband and two children. She, like many other women, accompanied the troops, feeding the soldiers, healing the wounded and also fighting with them.
The only face of $20,000 bill He will be neither more nor less than one of the current president’s references, the lawyer Juan Bautista Alberdi.
Thus, the inspiration of the National Constitution of 1853 will be on the obverse, while the central illustration on the reverse will be the recreation of the birthplace of the aforementioned diplomat, economist, writer, philosopher, journalist and politician.
The reason why Javier Milei bases his speech on the well-known jurist from Tucumán is because he was the author of Bases and starting points for the political organization of the Argentine Republica book that is considered one of the direct antecedents of that Magna Carta that our country adopted.
In its “Bases”, Alberdi called to “leave behind” the guidelines that had ordered those constitutional texts of the first South American nations, by proposing some axes such as “the defense of private property” and “free trade”.
