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edko | 4 years ago

Since Argentina started having its own currency, it had to reset it 5 times, dropping a total of 13 zeroes. I have memories of two of those resets and, similar to what you say about your grandma, I remember older people translating to the older currency for a while, until they fully adapted to the new one.

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askonomm|4 years ago

Have been in Argentina for the past year and honestly the amount of paper cash I need to carry with me for most basic of use is ridiculous, so they're soon going to have to create bigger bills or reset again.

culopatin|4 years ago

Lol those bills you carry are the new ones. I left in 2017 and we only had up to 100. Which had been the same since the 90s.

pibechorro|4 years ago

My first purchase as a kid with my own money was for bubble gum. The bill I handed them had 3 zeros on it..

edko|4 years ago

I don't get it. As a pibe chorro, you should have just taken it and ran away.