US EditionWhat the Argentum Is Like: the New Currency Proposed by López Murphy to End the Argentine Peso
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The project promoted by a national legislator aims to simplify accounts and records since January 2026 with a new monetary unit. It would subtract 3 zeros from the current denomination
National deputy Ricardo López Murphy presented a bill that seeks to create a new currency called “Argentum” that would have a value of $1000 with the aim of “improving the functioning of the monetary system.” Lopez Murphy echoes the country’s economic history and the “complexity” that means for daily transactions the use of high-value banknotes (billions or millions) to justify the need to create the currency that would be identified with the ac…
The former Minister of Economy proposed to eliminate the Peso and replace it with the Argentum. When it would enter into force, the entry López Murphy presented a project to replace the peso with a new currency: the details were first published in #BorderJournalism.
Economist and national representative for the United Republicans party, Ricardo López Murphy, introduced a bill in Congress to change the currency and remove three zeros, removing the peso from circulation and introducing a new monetary unit called the "Argentum." The initiative proposes that the Argentum be equivalent to $1,000 in current dollars and that one-hundredth of it be called the centavo. This would advance the removal of three zeros f…
The national deputy for Republicans United, Ricardo López Murphy, presented his bill to create a new national currency called “Argentum”, which would replace the Argentine peso. In dialogue with Radio del Plata, he explained that the initiative seeks to “save the costs of printing banknotes” and simplify the current monetary system. “It is a solution of low cost and high organizational impact,” said the legislator, and he explained that the conv…
Ricardo López Murphy's initiative seeks to remove zeros and simplify calculations in 2026.
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