100-peso banknote | 60th Anniversary of the Death of María Eva Duarte de Perón

On September 20, 2012, the BCRA issued the first commemorative banknote for circulation—100 pesos—to pay homage to the 60th anniversary of the death of María Eva Durate de Perón. It is the first Argentine banknote that features a woman.

The banknote was designed and produced by S.E. Casa de Moneda (Argentina’s mint) based on a project conceived following Evita’s death in 1952, which contained an image by the Italian artist Renato Garrasi.

The banknote is the same size as that of $100 (one hundred pesos) which is currently in circulation. Its main colors are violet, blue, and pink; additionally, it has new security features which are visually recognizable by the public: a 5 mm wide silver band thread containing Eva Peron’s image and optically variable magnetic ink having a dynamic effect (SPARK®); the center shows the “100” value.

100 pesos

Banknote features

Obverse design

A portrait of María Eva Duarte de Peron facing to the left is embellished with flowers on a security background depicting ceibo flowers and leaves as a symbol of Argentina.

The upper center reads “BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA – MARIA EVA DUARTE DE PERON 07 05 1919 – 26 07 1952” (CENTRAL BANK OF ARGENTINA – MARIA EVA DUARTE DE PERON 05.07.1919 – 07.26.1952) (dates of birth and death). Below such dates the following phrase is included: “Como mujer siento en el alma la cálida ternura del pueblo de donde vine y a quien me debo” (As a woman, I feel in my soul the warmth and tenderness of the people I come from and to whom I owe a duty).

Reverse design

There is an image of a part of the frieze of the Roman altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae).

Such image is supplemented by the phrase: “Líder popular que luchó por los derechos de los trabajadores, humildes y desprotegidos, realizando una intensa tarea de justicia social. Impulsó la participación de las mujeres en la vida política, promoviendo fervientemente el voto femenino, derecho finalmente consagrado por ley en el año 1947 y ejercido por primera vez en el año 1951” (Popular leader who fought for the rights of the most humble and vulnerable workers by carrying out arduous social justice work. She promoted the participation of women in politics by strongly promoting women’s suffrage—a right that was finally granted legally in 1947 and actually exercised for the first time in 1951).

Date of issue

20/09/2012