From the end of the 18th century through the beginning of the 19th century, shortages of small change occurred in the territory that is present-day Argentina. During the colonial period (until 1810), evidence associated with these shortages included the widespread use of informal means of...

In this note I review evidence suggesting that shortages of small change occurred in the territory of Argentina during the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. For the colonial period (until 1810) the main pieces of evidence are: (i) the widespread use of informal...