BUENOS AIRES, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Argentina sold 58.3 billion pesos ($2.9 billion) in local law bonds, split between 30 billion pesos in bonds maturing in 2020 and 28.3 billion pesos in bonds maturing in 2023, the finance ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
The government received 68 billion pesos in orders for the 2020 bonds and 29 billion pesos in orders for the 2023 bonds, the ministry said.($1 = 20.1100 Argentine pesos)
(Reporting by Luc Cohen Editing by Tom Brown)
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