Since last year, President Alberto Fernández had announced that by 2022 new banknotesnews that was recently confirmed by the Mint.
The agency’s human resources manager, Exequiel Villagra, assured that the banknotes will be in circulation between September and October of this year and that the papers They will bear the stamp of Argentine heroes.
Consequently, in the new banknotes There will be the image of great personalities such as José de San Martín, Manuel Belgrano, Juana Azurduy, among other outstanding men and women.
In addition, it is expected that the new currency that will begin to circulate this year has a special production for people with disabilities, particularly for the blind.
Likewise, the banknotes They will be made with the highest technology, in order to prevent counterfeiting, an aspect in which they have worked for months on the design, from the Mint.
“We are incorporating new technology, we are installing new machines to prevent counterfeiting,” said Villagra, who also reported that, despite the fact that they still import banknotesThey haven’t stopped producing.
The new bills could be over $1,000
Although not confirmed it is likely that the new papers roll higher pesos, this, due to the devaluation of the local currency nowadays.
However, from the Casa de la Moneda they notified that this decision is not made by them, but by the Banco de la República together with President Alberto Fernández and who will notify the decision, as appropriate.
“We did not decide the issue, that is the decision of the Central Bank, the President of the Nation and the Vice President,” said the human resources manager.
It should be remembered that, in past months, Federico Angelini, from Together for Change, proposed to broadcast banknotes higher denomination, which would save the country more than 400 million dollars.
