5 Australes

Features

Issuer	Argentina
Issuing bank	Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (Banco Central de la República Argentina)
Period	Federal Republic (1861-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1986-1989
Value	5 Australes (5 ARA)
Currency	Austral (1985-1991)
Composition	Paper
Size	155 × 65 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	31 December 1991
Number	N# 202634
References	P# 324 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Bottero# 2811 to 2817 Roberto A. Bottero; 2002. Billetes de la República Argentina: Tratado y catalogación : 1890 a 2001 : emisiones de Caja de Conversión y Banco Central de la República Argentina. Caja de Conversión, Banco Central de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina.

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Series: ND (1985-1991) "Austral" Issue

Obverse

Brown and deep olive-green on multicolour underprint. J.J. De Urquiza at centre, latent image "BCRA".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA
CINCO AUSTRALES

Translation:
Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
Five Australes

Reverse

A woman, representing Liberty (Progreso), seated at left centre with a torch on the left hand and Argentinian shield on the right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA ARGENTINA
CINCO AUSTRALES

Translation:
Argentine Republic
Five Australes

Watermark

Several Sun of May on all the banknote

Signatures

Horacio A. Alonso (HAA)	Deputy General Manager
Juan J. A. Concepción (JJAC)	President
Elias Salama (ES)	General Manager
José Luis Machinea (JLM)	President

Printer

Casa de Moneda, Argentina

Comments

Justo José de Urquiza y García (1801-1870) was an Argentine general and politician. He was several times governor of Entre Ríos Province and president of the Argentine Confederation between 1854 and 1860.

The design on the reverse was also used several times on other Argentinian Pesos banknotes.

UV activity: threads fluoresce green.

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Date	Signatures	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1986-1987)	HAA, JJAC		$ 0.96	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	a Serie A	25%
ND (1986-1987)	HAA, JJAC							ar Replacement (R1) : Prefix R and suffix A	0.5%
ND (1987-1989)	ES, JLM	$ 0.77	$ 0.77	$ 0.77	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.10	b Serie A	75%
ND (1987-1989)	ES, JLM						$ 1.50	br Replacement (R2) : Prefix R and suffix A	4%

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	Katz Auction 178 Lot 2705	13 Dec 2025	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 159 Lot 1537	3 Jun 2025	Undetermined	UNC	USD 87.05 (EUR 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 151 Lot 1817	25 Feb 2025	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 137 Lot 3724	11 Sep 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 127 Lot 2377	1 Jun 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 84.73 (EUR 73.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 124 Lot 2638	14 May 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 118 Lot 2197	23 Mar 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 71.96 (EUR 62.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 111 Lot 2853	30 Jan 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 97 Lot 1951	7 Oct 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 83.57 (EUR 72.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 97 Lot 1950	7 Oct 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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