Banknotes and Coins | Current Issues
The Central Bank of Argentina, in its capacity as monetary authority of the Nation, is in charge of issuing legal tender.
Our Currency
Cash means banknotes and coins in circulation.
Banknotes
Executive Order No. 2,128 (dated October 10th, 1991) established that the PESO LINE would become effective as from January 1st, 1992. The parity rate was set at one peso ($1)/ten thousand australes (A 10,000).
Banknotes Chart
| Name | Design | Issuance |
| $2 |  |
26/11/1997 |
| $5 |  |
22/06/1998 |
| $5 |  |
01/10/2015 |
| $10 |  |
14/01/1998 |
| $10 |  |
04/04/2016 |
| $20 |  |
18/01/2000 |
| $20 |  |
03/10/2017 |
| $50 |  |
19/07/1999 |
| $50 |  |
02/03/2015 |
| $50 |  |
08/15/2018 |
| $100 |  |
03/12/1999 |
| $100 |  |
Serie S |
| $100 |  |
Serie T |
| $100 |  |
20/09/2012 |
| $100 |  |
Serie B |
| $100 |  |
Serie AA |
| $100 |  |
12/18/2018 |
| $200 |  |
10/26/2016 |
| $500 |  |
06/29/2016 |
| $1000 |  |
30/11/2017 |
Banknotes size is 155 mm (wide) x 65 mm (long). The paper used is 100% cotton fiber with a weight of 83 grams per square meter, and no fluorescence to UV light; printing is carried out in three consecutive stages using typographic, intaglio and offset printing systems.
After five years of being launched, some changes were made to this series to improve: engraving, paper quality (90 g x m2), and the cylinder mould watermark that reproduces the portrait appearing in the same direction.
Section 3 of Law No. 25,561 on Public Emergency and Exchange Rate Regime Reform, dated January 6th, 2002, repeals sections 1 and 2 of the Law on the Austral Convertibility ordering the removal of the legend “convertibles de curso legal” (convertible legal tender) from the banknotes of the peso line.
All banknotes printed with the legend “convertibles de curso legal” (convertible legal tender) remain in circulation and may be used as means of payment.
Coins
There follow the coins that must be accepted as means of payment throughout the territory of the Argentine Republic:
Legal Tender Coins
| 1 cent |
| 5 cents |
| 10 cents |
| 25 cents |
| 50 cents |
| 1 Peso Trees from Republica Argentina |
| 1 Peso |
| 1 Peso Bicentenario de la Primera Moneda Patria |
| 1 Peso Serie del Bicentenario |
| 2 Peso Trees from Republica Argentina |
| 2 Pesos |
| 5 Peso Trees from Republica Argentina |
| 10 Peso Trees from Republica Argentina |
Legal Tender Commemorative Coins
Commemorative coins are also recognized as legal tender; these coins have been issued in limited amounts and are not easily found in daily circulation. They are listed as follows: