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 Blue 2 Bartolomé Mitre Light Blue File:2pesos.jpg 5 José de San Martín Green File:5pesos.jpg 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.