Argentina's cash has lost so much value in recent years that local artist Sergio Guillermo Diaz finds painting on even the most valuable banknotes has become affordable reut.rs/3GAoueD 1/4 
With annual inflation that likely neared 100% last year, the largest denomination of Argentine currency, the 1,000-peso bill, is worth around $5.60 officially or just $3 on parallel markets commonly used to skirt capital controls 2/4
On the banknotes he has painted pictures ranging from soccer star Lionel Messi lifting the #FIFAWorldCup to satirical images about the peso's sharp depreciation in recent years — a phenomenon that has helped drag 40% of the country's population into poverty 3/4
Diaz says he weaves the themes of inflation and the peso's depreciation into his works, which also feature the U.S. one-dollar bill reut.rs/3GAoueD 4/4
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