Argentine Peso

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

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

As of September 2004, a US dollar is worth approximately 3 pesos. A euro is worth about 3.60 pesos.

Denomination ($)	Portrait	Main colour	Sample (not to size)
2	Bartolomé Mitre	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