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Argentine peso

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

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	Formerly Blue. Now in coins
2	Bartolomé Mitre	Light Blue
5	José de San Martín	Green
10	Manuel Belgrano	Brown
20	Manuel de Rosas	Red
50	Domingo Faustino Sarmiento	Black
100	Julio Argentino Roca	Violet

†Not anymore in bills, but in coins circulation.

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