This will be the new thousand-peso bill, with the image of José de San Martín.
Central Bank director Miguel Ángel Pesce announced when they will be released the new bills of 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 pesos presented on Monday.
It was during the action held at Casa Rosada and led by President Alberto Fernández, that Pesce announced that these, which will now have various heroes printed, would be launched. near the end of the year.
“Replacing existing banknotes will be progressive, as they deteriorate, they will be removed from circulation. We will wait for six months to put them in circulation, there is still a public purchase process that we need to carry out, “he explained.
This will be the new 500-peso bill, with photos of Manuel Belgrano and María Remedios del Valle.
In this sense, according to the director of the Central Bank, bills carrying Eva Perón, Güemes, Juana Azurduy, Manuel Belgrano, Remedios Del Valle and San Martín will only start circulating in November.
They maintain the color palette for each denomination and maintain the size of current banknotes.
In addition, BCRA and Casa de la Moneda staff designed allegories representing the lives and struggles of the figures who would be the main characters of the new banknotes.
This will be the new 200-peso bill, pictured by Martín Miguel de Güemes and Juana Azurduy.
In their presentation, Pesce also provided details of the security measures they will take.
“Banknotes will have six security measures visible to the naked eye. Infrared reactive ink that, along with magnetism, enables mechanical recognition as well as recognition measures for people with disabilities. in sight, ”he explains.
What will the new bills look like?
The design was carried out by technicians from the Central Bank in conjunction with Casa de la Moneda. It is thought that there is gender equality in the choice of figures, composition and color.
The new family of banknotes consists of four denominations that include the representation of three women and three men who, according to the BCRA, “played a decisive role in building our nation, transcendent figures who broke the mold of their time. and fought for freedom, development, inclusion and expansion of rights ”.
As a unique and innovative element, two of the denominations pay homage to two personalities on the same ticket.
The family consists of the following banknotes:
$ 100: Maria Eva Duarte de Peron
$ 200: Martin Miguel de Güemes and Juana Azurduy
$ 500: Maria Remedios del Valle and Manuel Belgrano
$ 1,000: Jose de San Martin
Presentation of banknotes at Casa Rosada
President Alberto Fernández led the launch of new banknotes with printed heroes, which included women, at an action at Casa Rosada held hours after the unexpected resignation of Secretary of Internal Trade, Roberto Feletti, on Monday afternoon.
The event was attended by the entire economic leadership of Fernández’s cabinet, supported by Mercedes Marcó del Pont, head of AFIP, and Miguel Ángel Pesce, director of the Central Bank, from which Guillermo Hang, Feletti’s successor, left.
“We give a fair step. Money has all the qualities in terms of economic policy. Factually, currency circulates through our hands on a daily basis, “the President said at the beginning of his speech.
And he added: “And it is truly a great instrument so that every day we remember those who made the country we live in, who gave all, transcendental men and women that we will never forget.”
Source: Clarin
