1 Peso


Copper plated steel	4.3 g	20 mm

Description

Issuer	Argentina
Period	Federal Republic (1861-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	2017-2020
Value	1 Peso 1 ARS = USD 0.0010
Currency	Peso convertible (1992-date)
Composition	Copper plated steel
Weight	4.3 g
Diameter	20 mm
Thickness	1.7 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated	2024-10-04

References

Numista	N#131212
Rarity index	7%

Reverse

The flower of the jacaranda to the right and the date above and the motto "EN UNION Y LIBERTAD" at the bottom. The denomination is at the top-left indicating the Northwest region, the most important one of this species in the Argentine territory

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2017
1 PESO
EN UNIÓN Y LIBERTAD

Translation:
2017
1 Peso
In unity and freedom

Edge

Plain

Comment

The Jacaranda

Jacaranda mimosifolia is in the family of the binoniáceas and is commonly known as a Jacaranda or a tarco.
It lives naturally in the South Yungas. It is grown to the center of the province of Buenos Aires as a decorative tree for parks and streets, especially for its lilac-blue flowering. If you want to see it in its natural habitat, you can find it with greater density in the Phytogeographic District of the Selva Pedemontanas. In addition, if you visit or live in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, enjoy the more than 11,000 Jacaranda trees (City Linear Public Forest Census, 2010) that, in their majority, were incorporated into the urban landscape by Carlos Thays, architect, and landscape.

Jacaranda flower