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
History of Argentina of frozen beef, especially to Great Britain, provided much needed foreign currency, but trade fell off sharply. In 1929, Argentina was wealthy by world standards, but the prosperity ended after 1929 with the worldwide Great Depression. In 1930, a military coup, supported by the Argentine Patriotic League, forced Hipólito Yrigoyen from power, and replaced him with José Félix Uriburu. Support for the coup was bolstered by the sagging Argentine economy, as well as a string of bomb attacks and shootings involving radical anarchists, which alienated moderate elements of Argentine society and angered the conservative right, which had long been agitating