100 Pesos

This note entered circulation in the immediate aftermath of Argentina's 2001–2002 financial collapse, when the peso had just been forcibly re-pegged after the catastrophic end of convertibility. The Banco Central was rebuilding public confidence in domestic currency at a moment when many Argentines were still holding dollars under their mattresses, courts were injuncting the government over frozen bank deposits, and the corralito remained a raw national wound.

Casa de Moneda's security package for this series was notably modest given the denomination — watermark and thread, without the optically variable ink or color-shifting elements that had become common on comparable notes elsewhere by the early 2000s. That restraint reflected both budget constraints and the sheer volume the printer needed to produce quickly.