Catalog
500 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Central de la República Argentina |
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| Year | 2016-2022 |
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| Currency | Peso convertible (1992-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette is a large intaglio portrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca, locally known as yaguareté) in three-quarter view, set against a green guilloche underprint with foliage and scattered paw-print motifs. A secondary vignette at upper centre shows a full-body jaguar in profile in dark intaglio. A red hibiscus flower occupies the lower left, while the denomination numeral 500 appears in large format at lower right; a windowed security thread inscribed BCRA and 500 runs horizontally across the middle of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUINIENTOS PESOS BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA YAGUARETÉ MONUMENTO NATURAL NACIONAL (Translation: Five hundred Pesos Central Bank of the Argentine Republic Jaguar Natural national monument) |
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Argentina's chronic inflation made the 500 peso note's useful life remarkably short. Introduced in 2016 as the highest denomination in the new "Peso" series that replaced the Peso Convertible notes, it was already struggling to maintain practical relevance within a few years as annual inflation routinely exceeded 50 percent and then surged past 100 percent. The note was never going to last long in purchasing power terms.
Casa de Moneda in Buenos Aires has printed Argentine currency domestically for well over a century, though the institution has periodically relied on foreign contractors during periods of exceptional demand — this series was produced in-house throughout.