Current Issuances

The following are compulsory legal tender coins (i.e., they cannot be refused as a means of payment in any part of the Argentine Republic):

LEGAL TENDER COINS

The following commemorative coins are also compulsory legal tender. They are minted in small numbers and therefore hardly found in circulation.

COMMEMORATIVE LEGAL TENDER COINS		DATE OF ISSUANCE
50 cents	UNICEF’s 50th anniversary	13.05.1997
	50th anniversary of the passing of Law No. 13010 on the women’s vote	30.12.1997
	MERCOSUR-related coins	24.07.1998
	179th anniversary of Gral. Güemes’ death	16.06.2000
	150th anniversary of Gral. San Martín’s death	17.08.2000
1 peso	UNICEF’s 50th anniversary	13.05.1997
	50th anniversary of the passing of Law No. 13010 on the women’s vote	20.10.1997
	MERCOSUR-related coins	24.07.1998
	BBicentennial of Gral. J. J. de Urquiza’s birth	07.12.2001
2 Pesos
	1994 National Constitutional Convention-related coins	21.11.1994
	Centennial of Jorge Luis Borges’ birth	24.08.1999
	50th anniversary of Eva Duarte de Perón’s death	07.05.2004
	25th anniversary of the Malvinas Islands War	03.04.2007
	Centennial of the discovery of Argentine oil	07.12.2007
5 Pesos	1994 National Constitutional Convention-related coins	21.11.1994