The Argentine peso (ISO 4217: ARS) is the currency of Argentina. The symbol used locally for it is "$" (the US dollar is written "US$"). It is divided into 100 centavos.

Banknotes exist in the denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 pesos. Coins worth $1, 0.50, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 also circulate.

Conmemorating Eva Peron's 50th death anniversary, on September 18, 2002 a new coin with her face, worth $2, was created. It was said that this coin would replace the old $2 banknote if inflation occurred in the Argentine economy.

Denomination ($)	Portrait	Main colour	Sample (not to size)
2	Bartolomé Mitre	Blue
5	José de San Martín	Green
10	Manuel Belgrano	Brown
20	Juan Manuel de Rosas	Red
50	Domingo Faustino Sarmiento	Black
100	Julio Argentino Roca	Violet

Current ARS exchange rates

AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, INR, NZD, USD

External links

• Current official Peso exchange rates (third column)