- Argentine argentino
Gold currency
The Argentino is an Argentine currency equal to 5 pesos oro sellado.
The 1/2 argentino coin was issued in 1881 and 1884 and it weighs 4.0322 grams. The argentino coin was issued from 1881 to 1896 and it weighs 8.0645 grams. Both were made of gold 0.900.
Planned currency
The Argentino was a
complementary currency inArgentina announced by then-presidentAdolfo Rodríguez Saá onDecember 26 ,2001 towards the end of theArgentine economic crisis , but he resigned onDecember 30 ,2001 and this plan was never implemented.The currency was to replace the Patacón, the
LECOP and other provincial bonds.ources
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