[edko]

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.

[askonomm]

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]

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.

[askonomm]

Damn, yeah, biggest is 1000 now I think, and even that is worth only around 4 USD (unofficial rate). That'll buy you milk, bread and butter or ~4 beers.

[pibechorro]

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]

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