What is Argentine real?
[[File:Moneda argentina.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Argentina 8 real coin}}]] The '''real''' was the former [[currency]] of [[Argentina]]. It was in [[circulation (currency)|circulation]] from 1813 to 1881 and was also the country's first currency used.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://currency7.com/ARS |title=Argentine Peso (ARS) Profile |publisher=currency7.com |access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> During its period, the ''[[Argentine sol|sol]]'' was also used and its value was equal to that of the real. The [[peso]] was worth 8 reales and the [[escudo]] was worth 16 reales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pirates.hegewisch.net/money.html |title=Pieces of Eight and Doubloons -- Reales and Escudos |publisher=Pirates of the Caribbean, in fact and fiction |access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Currency of South America]] [[Category:Economy of Argentina]] [[Category:1813 establishments]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Argentina]] [[Category:1810s establishments in South America]] {{history-stub}}