Argentine argentino
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Planned currency
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The Argentino was a complementary currency in Argentina announced by then-president Adolfo Rodríguez Saá on 2001-12-26 towards the end of the Argentine economic crisis, but he resigned on 2001-12-30 and this plan was never implemented.
The currency was to replace the Patacón, the LECOP and other provincial bonds.
[edit] Sources
- Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (1996). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801-1900, Colin R. Bruce II and Marian S. Moe (editors), 1st ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-427-6.