Withdrawn: 1992 - Actual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


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).

1 Centavo | 5 Centavos | 10 Centavos | 25 Centavos | 50 Centavos | 1 Peso | 2 Pesos | 5 Pesos


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
50 Centavos
Mass: 5.8 gr
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: 50th Aniversary of UNICEF
Year: 1996
50 Centavos
Mass: 5.8 gr
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: 50th anniversary of voting rights by women
Year: 1997
50 Centavos
Mass: 5.8 gr
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: Mercosur
Year: 1998
50 Centavos
Mass: 5.8 gr
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: Gral. Martín Miguel de Güemes
Year: 2000
50 Centavos
Mass: 5.8 gr
Diameter: 25.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: 150th anniversary of the death of Gral. San Martín
Year: 2000


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
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
Commemorate: 50th anniversary of UNICEF
Year: 1996
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
Commemorate: 50th anniversary of voting rights by women
Year: 1997
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
Commemorate: Mercosur
Year: 1998
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
Commemorate: Bicentennial of the birth of Gral. Justo José de Urquiza
Year: 2001


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
Commemorate: Bicentennial of Argentina. Aconcagua.
Year: 2010
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
Commemorate: Bicentennial of Argentina. Mar del Plata.
Year: 2010
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
Commemorate: Bicentennial of Argentina. Pucará de Tilcara.
Year: 2010
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
Commemorate: Bicentennial of Argentina. Glaciar Perito Moreno.
Year: 2010
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
Commemorate: Bicentennial of Argentina. El Palmar.
Year: 2010


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
2 Pesos
Mass: 10.5 gr
Diameter: 30 mm
Composition: 100% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: National Constitutional Convention
Year: 1994
2 Pesos
Mass: 10.4 gr
Diameter: 30 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: Centennial of the birth of Jorge Luis Borges
Year: 1999
2 Pesos
Mass: 10.4 gr
Diameter: 30 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: 50th anniversary of the death of Eva Perón
Year: 2002
2 Pesos
Mass: 10.4 gr
Diameter: 30 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: 25th anniversary of Malvinas Islands War
Year: 2007
2 Pesos
Mass: 10.4 gr
Diameter: 30 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: Centenary of the Discovery of Argentine Petroleum
Year: 2007
2 Pesos
Mass: 10.4 gr
Diameter: 30 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: The Defense of Human Rights
Year: 2006
2 Pesos
Mass: 10.4 gr
Diameter: 30 mm
Composition: 75% Brass, 25% Nickel
Edge: Milled
Commemorate: 75th Anniversary of the Creation of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
Year: 2010


5 Pesos
Mass: 21.5 gr
Diameter: 35 mm
Composition: 100% Nickel
Edge: Reeds
Commemorate: National Constitutional Convention
Year: 1994



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