Argentine peso - Definition and Overview

The Argentine peso (ISO 4217: ARS) is the currency of Argentina. The symbol used locally for it is "$" (the US dollar is written "U$S"). It is divided in 100 centavos.

Banknotes exist in the denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 pesos. Coins worth $1, 0.50, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01also circulate.

Conmemorating Eva Peron´s 50th death anniversary, on September 18, 2002 a new coin with her face, worth $2 was created. It is said that this coin would replace the old $2 banknote if inflation occurred over the argentine economy.

• Current official Peso exchange rates (third column) (http://www.bcra.gov.ar/estadis/es030104.asp)

Denomination ($)	Portrait	Main colour	Sample (not to size)
2	Bartolomé Mitre	Blue
5	José de San Martín	Green
10	Manuel Belgrano	Brown
20	Manuel de Rosas	Red
50	Domingo Faustino Sarmiento	Black
100	Julio Argentino Roca	Violet