According to a press release dated 29 June 2016, on 30 June the Banco Central de la República Argentina introduced a new 500-peso note (B421a), the first in a new series of banknotes featuring the native fauna of various regions of the country. This new note will circulate in parallel with existing notes.B421 (P365): 500 pesos (US$11)
Green. Front (vertical): Spanish text; leaves; paw print as registration device; jaguar; flowers; silhouette of jaguar with latent image RA; denomination in green-to-blue SPARK. Back: Spanish text; paw prints; jaguar cub and adult in stream running through forest; map of Argentina with Northeast region highlighted; compass rose; flowers; coat of arms. 4-mm wide green-to-blue RollingStar Cube windowed security thread with demetalized $500 BCRA. Watermark: Jaguar head and electrotype 500. Printer: S.E. CASA DE MONEDA. 155 x 65 mm. Paper. a. No date. Sig. 87: Sturzenegger/Michetti. Series A – G. Intro: 30.06.2016.
Green. Front (vertical): Spanish text; leaves; paw print as registration device; jaguar; flowers; silhouette of jaguar with latent image RA; denomination in green-to-blue SPARK. Back: Spanish text; paw prints; jaguar cub and adult in stream running through forest; map of Argentina with Northeast region highlighted; compass rose; flowers; coat of arms. 4-mm wide green-to-blue RollingStar Cube windowed security thread with demetalized $500 BCRA. Watermark: Jaguar head and electrotype 500. Printer: S.E. CASA DE MONEDA. 155 x 65 mm. Paper. a. No date. Sig. 87: Sturzenegger/Michetti. Series A – G. Intro: 30.06.2016.
Courtesy of Cleo Phas and Nick Chiu.