Historical exchange rates of Argentine currency Historical exchange rates of Argentine currency The following table contains the monthly historical exchange rate of the different currencies of Argentina, expressed in Argentine currency units per United States dollar. The exchange rate at the end of each month is expressed in: The value of one current peso is 10,000,000,000,000 (trillion) "pesos moneda nacional" (m$n), the currency in use from 1881 to 1969. It's also equal, as of the end of September 2018, to around 177 trillion 1914 pesos with the U.S. dollar as reference an average annual depreciation relative to the dollar of 27% (i.e. an annual increase of
Argentine currency controls (2011–15) Argentine currency controls (2011–15) Argentina installed foreign exchange controls in 2011, at the beginning of the second presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Those controls limited the ability to buy or sell any foreign currency. The restriction was informally known in Argentina as "Cepo cambiario" (). The controls were lifted in December 2015, at the beginning of the presidency of Mauricio Macri. The first restrictions were imposed on October 31, 2011. The Tax and Customs Authority, AFIP, required that individuals and businesses who sought to buy dollars request permission, which may depend of the financial status of the buyer. However,