Talk:Argentine peso/Archives/2012

Coin configuration
Does anyone know what year the Argentine peso switch to its current physical configuration? i.e. what year did the coin become a sliver colored border with a bronze colored inset?


 * In fact, the 1-peso coin has been the same since the beginning of this currency denomination. Before these pesos convertibles there were australes and the 1-austral coin was a common, single-metal piece. The first 1-peso coins were emitted on 1 September 1994, according to the Banco Central website. It weighs 6.35 grams, measures 23 mm diameter (the small circle measures 17 mm), and is 2.2 mm high. The composition is Cu 92/Al 6/Ni 2 for the nucleus, Cu 75/Ni 25 for the ring. And don't ask why, but there are fake 1-peso coins everywhere. --Pablo D. Flores 6 July 2005 10:58 (UTC)

The 25 cents coin used in the article (I'm specifically talking about the head [the one without the value], I'm not sure about the tail, but they must be the same coin) is a counterfeit. Is it possible to fix this? Our counterfeits look really cheap. Helios 23:16, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Exchange rates
I have not found any convention in Wikipedia about whether to include Exchange rates in articules or not. I think that keeping this values up to date escapes Wikipedia´s possibilities. In stead I included a link to Argentina´s Central Bank web page where they inform official exchange rates. I ask for more opinions on this subject. Best regards. --Javier Jelovcan 19:01, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * I added exchange rates since 1914 to the article Economy of Argentina. Alpertron 13:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)


 * The table is now located at: Historical exchange rates of Argentine currency Alpertron 20:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Dollar spelling
I´m argentinean and I never seen US Dollar writen like US$, instead I´ve seen it written in many other ways like: U$S, dls, USD, etc. If it´s OK with everybody I´ll switch back to U$S in the next few days. --Javier Jelovcan 17:40, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Javier, do you still feel the same about U$S vs US$ as you did in January? The article currently has US$; does it need changing? –Hajor 00:33, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * It may be the case that in Argenitna the symbol U$S is used (as it was common to put the $ symbol in between two letters, like m$n, standing for Peso Moneda Nacional). However, U$S is not widely used internationally; in fact the symbol US$ is the official symbol used by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, specially when making comparisons between different currency units. I thought that the statement in the article was written for non-Argentinians, so that they wouldn't be confused when the symbol $ was referenced afterwards.

Ah. OK. No, I think the point of that reference in the intro is to explain local Argentine use. I'll have a crack at making it clearer. –Hajor 19:56, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Another thing. The article uses a mix of the "$2" and "2$" styles -- that should be standardised. I think Argentina puts the peso symbol before the amount, but I'll hold back for the moment in the hope that someone from the Cono Sur is reading and can confirm. –Hajor 20:09, 24 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Defenitely in front. $0.50 for an Alfajor. --Marianocecowski 08:21, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Check Banco Central Web page, "Previous bills and coins". They use the 2 m$n style for all previous currency units. I'm not from Argentina, but if anyone knows, do you think this is a mistake, or did the style change along with the introduction of the convertible pesos?
 * I think they used that notation to differentiate them from other Pesos. Even Australes are marked as A$, when it should have been an A with double horizontal line (/=\. --Marianocecowski 08:10, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

A$ is written because the computers don't have the (/=\ symbol)AleG 20:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Braille
Why do the banknotes have those dots on them? Is this designed to be similar to Braille? Scott Gall 09:05, 2005 Apr 24 (UTC)

Exactly, those "dots", actually they are rhombus, are used by blind people to know the value of the banknote. I´ve checked your user page so I know you speak a little spanish, so here is the "official version": http://www.bcra.gov.ar/bilmon/bm010100.asp Best regards, --Javier Jelovcan 22:21, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I knew I'd be right about the dots being used by bind people. American currency doesn't have any tactile identification markigs on it. Nazism   isn't   cool  23:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Merging peso argentino and argentine peso articles
It was suggested that these articles be merged.

From my point of view I think that this should not be done because these currencies are different. The peso argentino is an old Argentine currency (1983-1985) where the official name was "peso argentino" (see the scanned banknotes) while the other is the actual currency since 1992. Its official name is "peso convertible" but they are not convertible since 2002. Alpertron 14:22, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:1peso banknote.jpg
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Inflación Verdadera as source for the "estimated" inflation
Inflación Verdadera doesn't provide a complete "inflation index", it computes only the section of food and beverages and the so-called Canasta Básica, a consumer basket also made entirely of food and beverages articles which is used to calculate the "poverty rate". It should be replaced by another "alternative estimate", perhaps by the new inflation index of the Buenos Aires City consultant bureau (see ), which is independent from INDEC and calculated with the collaboration of Graciela Bevacqua (INDEC director until the 2007 intervention). Sorry for my bad English. --CroMagnon (talk) 15:53, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

What is the basis for "Peso fuerte, 1826–1881"?
There are a couple of problems with the Peso fuerte, 1826–1881 section in addition to the existing "citation needed". In a web search I didn't find any support for this information–all the references seemed to derive from this article. Note that the Global History of Currencies use of ARF doesn't imply the code is from ISO 4217 as the Global History of Currencies defines non-4217 codes for older currencies not listed in ISO 4217. 24.91.254.3 (talk) 21:39, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Where does the code ARF come from? It is listed as an ISO 4217 code, but ARF isn't listed on that page, or on any of the citations listed on that page.
 * Where does the date of 1826 come from? The Global History of Currencies spreadsheet lists the start date of ARF as starting in 1860. Regional currencies were issued in Reales until 1861, and Peso denominated coinage wasn't issued until 1881.

In the past
1 Real = 1 Sueldo Böri (talk) 11:39, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Status of "peso convertible"?
What is the official name of the current currency, and what is used in documents with legal force? I'm not sure if "peso convertible" is (or was) the official name. Pol098 (talk) 16:42, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Peso is the name. For a while it was Austral. In one of the emergency reforms for the crashing peso, they switched to an Austral and dropped zeros (combating post-WW II hyperinflation). This failed to stop depreciation long term, and soon had the same problem again, so they switched back to peso ("La Ley N° 25.561, de Emergencia Pública y Reforma del Régimen Cambiario del 6 de enero de 2002, en su artículo 3° deroga los arts. 1° y 2° de la Ley de Convertibilidad del Austral" reference from the Banco Central of Argentina). When they switched back, there was concern over the validity of the peso, and so they released it as a convertible peso, so that the whole national currency could revert to the Austral if things went worse with the new peso. At any time you could convert the peso to the Austral, upon request. This was discontinued in 2002 (apparently). --—  r obbie  page talk 13:13, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Coin
The section on coin shortage is at least one and a half years out of date. This was a short term issue that has since been solved. The main issue was public transportation only accepted coins (at least buses the most used transport). Supposedly the government minted more coins but they also introduced card swiping as payment, which is now the most widely used form of payment on public transport. This section should be struck. If there is no disagreement I would like to strick it in a week Ekmsid (talk) 03:20, 17 October 2012 (UTC)ekmsid