Argentine peso

The argentine peso is the currency of Argentina. The symbol used locally for it is the $ (the US dollar is written US$). It is divided in 100 centavos. It exists in denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100. Coins of 1, .50, .25, .10, .05, .01 exist.

As of December 2003, a US dollar is worth approximately 3 pesos. A Euro is worth 3.50 pesos.

Denomination ($) Portrait Main Colour Not sized sample 1† Carlos Pellegrini FormerlyBlueNow in coin 2 Bartolomé Mitre Light Blue 5 José de San Martín Green 10 Manuel Belgrano Brown 20 Juan Manuel de Rosas Red 50 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Black 100 Julio Argentino Roca Violet

†Not anymore in bills, but in coins circulation.