ARGENTINIAN AUSTRAL NOTE

This is the 1 austral note from Argentina and issued in 1985-89. It has the first president of Argentina, Bernardino Rivadavia  on the front and liberty on the reverse .

more Argentinian notes HERE

NEW ARGENTINIAN NOTES

Above are two notes from Argentina . The first is the 1000 pesos from the 1966-69 issue with General jose de san martin , a leader in the independence movement in south america against the spanish empire. It also has a picture  of a sailing ship on the reverse.

the second note is a one peso note from the 1908-25 issue and has "liberty" on the front and under the "Un Peso" there is a box with a watermark and the way it is written helps date the  note. they all have 1 peso but it is the way the P and E is written that decides.

you can see more notes from Argentina HERE and HERE

ANOTHER ARGENTINIAN

Here is a 50 peso note from Argentina and was issued in the batch from 1976-78. The front has Jose de san Martin one of the main liberators of South America and a contemporary of Simon Bolivar . the reverse has the hot springs from the province of Jujuy.

More notes from Argentina HERE

ARGENTINA

The Argentine republic is a country in south america bordered by Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. in 1816 the provinces of the Rio Plata were declared independent from Spain and after Bolivia,  Uruguay and Paraguay  set up as independent countries, what was left became Argentina.the country has gone through a few monetary changes over the last few decades :

the peso ( up to 1970)
new peso (1970 - 83)
peso argentino (83- 85)
the austral (85- 92)
the peso ( 1992 onwards)

The 50 Australes above is from the period 86-89 and has a portrait of B Mitre. whereas the 5 Australes has a portrait of J J de Urquiza, both previous presidents of the state. both reverse sides have liberty seated with her shield and torch