He new $2,000 bill advances departure date. It was expected to be released in the middle of the year, but there was no certain date yet. It could now see the light at the end of May.
This was confirmed to Clarín by Central Bank sources. In the immediate future, ATMs will start receiving the first bills for who can perform the tasks of machine adaptation. The reconfiguration must allow for the same can “read” the new ticketso that you can trade with them.
At the beginning of February, the Central Bank had presented the new banknote with a higher denomination. At the time, the release date was uncertain. At the time it was also known that a higher denomination was being analyzed, the $5,000 one, which is still under study.
In mid-April, the monetary entity, consulted by Clarínindicated that he does not yet have a precise departure date, But Yes, the printing of the new banknotes was advanced.
The timetable of the contract signed between the Central Bank and the Casa de la Moneda originally stipulated that the first batch of new 2,000-peso banknotes would only be sent in June. Now everything seems to indicate that the printing of banknotes produced entirely in the country is more advanced.
Delivery of the second batch is expected between August and September.
The new banknote is a tribute to health. On the obverse it will have the image of Cecilia Grierson, considered Argentina’s first female doctor, and Ramón Carrillo, former Minister of Health. On the back there will be an image of the facade of the Malbrán Institute.
“The BCRA hires Casa de Moneda and then prints in its factories or as a subcontract. They printed these two thousand banknotes in their plants”indicated, two weeks ago, Central sources.
Who will be on the new ticket
The new banknote is a tribute to health. On the obverse it will have the image of Cecilia Grierson, considered Argentina’s first female doctor, and Ramón Carrillo, former Minister of Health. On the back there will be an image of the facade of the Malbrán Institute.
Cecilia Grierson was born in Buenos Aires in 1859 and died in 1934. It was there first doctor in Argentinahe graduated in 1886 from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires.
Grierson practiced as an obstetrician and kinesiologist but was never able to work as a surgeon due to her status as a woman.
She created the first nursing school in Latin America with a formal curriculum and was also a founding member of the Argentine Medical Association. She was also a pioneer in the idea of opening emergency rooms in various cities to help the sick with primary care.
For his part, Ramón Carrillo was born in 1906 in Santiago del Estero. He was a neurosurgeon, neurobiologist, health doctor and first Minister of Health of the Nation.
During his tenure, which lasted eight years and began in 1946, massive vaccination campaigns were carried out, making the use of the vaccination certificate mandatory for schools.
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Source: Clarin
