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| General Description | The Peso replaced the austral in 1992 at a rate of 1 peso = 10,000 australes. It was also referred to as peso convertible since the international exchange rate was fixed by the Central Bank at 1 peso = 1 U.S. dollar and for every peso convertible circulating, there was a U.S. dollar in the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves. Banknotes issued at that time bore the legend “convertibles de curso legal”. However, after the financial crisis of 2001, the fixed exchange rate system was abandoned. |
| Front Description | Bartolome Mitre (Buenos Aires, June 26, 1821 - January 19, 1906) was a politician, military historian, statesman and journalist, Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires and President of Argentina from 1862 1868. |
| Back Description | Museo Mitre, located in Buenos Aires in the building in which they General Bartolome Mitre lived. It opened on June 3, 1907 and displays various objects belonging to Mitre and Argentina's history. It also count with the "American Library", consisting of 60,000 books, pamphlets, newspaper articles and audiovisual material. |
| Catalog code | P#340a |
| Height | 65.00 mm |
| Width | 155.00 mm |
| Material | Paper |
| Printed by | Argentina - Casa de la Moneda de la República |
| Catalog prices | UNC $5.00 |
