Argentine peso argentino

The peso argentino was the currency of Argentina between June 6, 1983 and June 14, 1985. It was subdivided into 100 centavos. The symbol was $a. The ISO 4217 code was ARP.

History

The peso argentino replaced the peso ley at a rate of 1 peso argentino = 10,000 pesos ley. It was itself replaced by the austral at a rate of 1 austral = 1000 pesos argentinos.

Coins

In 1983, coins for 1, 5, 10 and 50 centavos were issued. In 1984, the 50 centavos was again issued, alongside 1, 5 and 10 pesos argentinos. In 1985, 5, 10 and 50 pesos argentinos coins were struck.

Centavo

Value	Obverse	Emission start date	Withdrawn	Composition	Diameter
1	Liberty	1 Jun 1983	19 Jul 1985	Aluminium	17 mm
5	Liberty	1 Jun 1983	19 Jul 1985	Aluminium	18 mm
10	Liberty	1 Jun 1983	19 Jul 1985	Aluminium	19 mm
50	Liberty	1 Jun 1983	19 Jul 1985	Aluminium	20 mm

Peso argentino

Value	Obverse	Emission start date	Withdrawn	Composition	Diameter
1	National Congress	6 Jul 1984	19 Jul 1985	Aluminium	23 mm
5	Buenos Aires Cabildo	3 Dec 1984	31 Jul 1991	Brass	20 mm
10	House of Tucumán	3 Dec 1984	31 Jul 1991	Brass	21 mm
50	Liberty	31 May 1985	31 Jul 1991	Aluminium-Bronze	22 mm

The 50-peso coins have the text CINCUENTENARIO DEL BANCO CENTRAL (Central Bank fiftieth anniversary).

Banknotes

In 1983, the Banco Central issued notes for 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 pesos argentinos. In 1984, 500, 1000 and 5000 pesos argentinos notes were introduced. In 1985, notes below 50 pesos argentinos were replaced by coins, with 10,000 pesos argentinos introduced.

Value	Portrait	Back	Emission start date	Withdrawn
1	José de San Martín	Nahuel Huapi Lake	1 Jun 1983	19 Jul 1985
5	José de San Martín	National Flag Memorial in Rosario	1 Jun 1983	31 May 1987
10	José de San Martín	Iguazu Falls	1 Jun 1983	31 May 1987
50	José de San Martín	Termas de Reyes (Jujuy)	1 Jun 1983	31 May 1987
100	José de San Martín	Ushuaia	1 Jun 1983	31 May 1987
500	José de San Martín	Meeting before May Revolution	22 May 1984	31 May 1987
1000	José de San Martín	Passage of the Andes	31 Oct 1983	30 Nov 1987
5000	Juan Bautista Alberdi	Constitutional conference of 1853	29 Nov 1984	30 Nov 1987
10,000	Manuel Belgrano	Creation of the national flag	3 Apr 1985	30 Nov 1987

When the austral was introduced (June 15th, 1985), some 1000, 5000 and 10,000 pesos argentinos notes were overstamped with A 1 (1 austral), A 5 (5 australes) and A 10 (10 australes), respectively.

References

• Silveyra, Jorge; Lozano, Sergio; & Díaz, Oscar (2001). Falsificación de moneda. Editorial Policial. ISBN 950-9071-66-8.

External links

• Official website of the Banco Central de la República Argentina (Argentine Central Bank)
• Pesos argentinos coin photos