Argentina introduces 10,000-peso banknote

10,000 peso-bill Argentina
A video released by Argentina’s Central Bank shows the new 10,000-peso banknote ($11) that will become the highest denomination, surpassing the 2,000 pesos ($2.20) bill launched just a year ago in response to the country’s high inflation. A 20,000 pesos bill will also be issued by the end of 2024. (Photo screengrab courtesy of AFPTV)

Agence France-Presse

Inflation-battered Argentina on Tuesday introduced a 10,000-peso banknote, worth the equivalent of about $11 – five times the face value of the previous biggest 2,000-peso bill.

The new note, which will allow people to carry around fewer bills, will be available at banks and ATMs from Tuesday, the South American country’s central bank said in a statement.

Argentina is in the grips of an economic crisis that has seen annual inflation nearing 290% as poverty affects about half the population.

With no end in sight, the central bank said a 20,000-peso note will be issued later this year.

The 2,000-peso bill was launched just a year ago, double the then biggest note of 1,000 pesos – of which one would need about 15 to pay for an average restaurant dinner for one today.

The issuing of high-denomination banknotes is nothing new in Argentina, which had a bill with a face value of 1,000,000 pesos in the 1980s.

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