Peso Convertible

Withdrawn: 1992 - Actual
Symbol: $
Rate to: 1 $ = 10,000 ₳
100 Centavos = 1 $

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The current Argentine monetary line is the PESO CONVERTIBLE LINE (National Executive Order Nº 2128, dated October 10, 1991, and Section 12 of the Convertibility Law, Nº 23928, dated March 27, 1991).



Peso Convertible

1 Centavo
Mass: 1.77 gr
Diameter: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm (octogonal) / 1.5 mm (circular)
Composition: 92% Brass, 8% Aluminium
Edge: Octogonal Smooth
Obverse: Two laurel branches joined at one end
1 Centavo
Mass: 2 gr
Diameter: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Composition: 97% Brass, 3% Zinc
Edge: Reeds
Obverse: Two laurel branches joined at one end
5 Centavos
Mass: 2.02 gr
Diameter: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Composition: 92% Brass, 8% Aluminium
Edge: Reeds (1992-2006), Smooth (2006-2007)
Obverse: The 32-rayed National Sun
5 Centavos
Mass: 2.25 gr
Diameter: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Obverse: The 32-rayed National Sun
10 Centavos
Mass: 2.25 gr
Diameter: 18.2 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Composition: 92% Brass, 8% Aluminium
Edge: Reeds (1992-2006), Smooth (2006-2007)
Obverse: The National Coat of Arms
25 Centavos
Mass: 5.40 gr
Diameter: 24.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 92% Brass, 8% Aluminium
Edge: Reeds
Obverse: Buenos Aires Cabildo
25 Centavos
Mass: 6.10 gr
Diameter: 24.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Obverse: Buenos Aires Cabildo
50 Centavos
Mass: 5.8 gr
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Obverse: House of Tucumán
1 Peso
Mass: 6.35 gr
Diameter: 23 mm (core 17 mm)
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Ring: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Core: 92% Brass, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel
Edge: Smooth
Obverse: Replica of the obverse of the first national coin
Detail: The 32-rayed National Sun is in sobrerelief
1 Peso
Mass: 6.35 gr
Diameter: 23 mm (core 17 mm)
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Ring: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Core: 92% Brass, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel
Edge: Smooth
Obverse: Replica of the obverse of the first national coin
Detail: The 32-rayed National Sun is in basrelief
2 Pesos
Mass: 7.2 gr
Diameter: 24.5 mm (17 mm core)
Ring: 92% Brass, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel
Core: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds

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In 1995 he was commissioned to house coins from England, issuing no less than 56 million $ 1 coins. Upon receiving the coins in Argentina, it was observed that instead of saying "United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata", "ProvinGias ..." he said. England accepted his mistake, but the coins were to start circulating.

Obviously that did not go unnoticed and great was the astonishment of currency users. There were those who, in unscrupulously sell these copies as a "rarity" and came to do business, for a currency that has 56 million equal. Today these coins circulate freely in Argentina, and nobody is surprised by the famous "PROVINGIAS".

1 Peso
Mass: 6.35 gr
Diameter: 23 mm (core 17 mm)
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Ring: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Core: 92% Brass, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel
Edge: Smooth
Detail: Error PROVINGIAS
Year: 1995