5000 Pesos argentinos

The peso argentino was itself a replacement currency, introduced in 1983 at a rate of 10,000 old pesos moneda nacional to one — an admission of how badly the preceding inflation had run. By the time this 5,000-peso argentino note was circulating in 1984–85, the replacement was already failing on the same trajectory. Annual inflation crossed 600% in 1984 and kept climbing.

The series was retired when the austral replaced the peso argentino in June 1985, again at 1,000-to-one. Notes of this denomination, caught between two emergency redenominations, saw heavy circulation and are commonly found in worn grades.