Argentine peso — 1881–1985 continuity
Argentine peso: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Where this money came from
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The story
Peso ley converted into Peso argentino at 10000 old units per new unit. [1]
Peso argentino converted into Austral at 1000 old units per new unit. [2]
Peso moneda nacional converted into Peso ley at 100 old units per new unit. [3]
Turning points
Unit attestation
Argentina’s national monetary line dates to the 1881 peso moneda nacional reform. [4]
Sources and evidence
- Banco Central de la República Argentina · Billetes y monedas: Emisiones anteriores; Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C1014 ↗
- Banco Central de la República Argentina · Billetes y monedas: Emisiones anteriores; Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C1015 ↗
- Banco Central de la República Argentina · Billetes y monedas: Emisiones anteriores; Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C1013 ↗
- Banco Central de la República Argentina · Billetes y monedas: Emisiones anteriores C1012 ↗
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“Argentine peso — 1881–1985 continuity.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000057.html