After Argentina won the FIFA World Cup, pages and accounts on media sites in different languages around the world circulated publications saying that the Central Bank of Argentina had issued a currency with a picture of Lionel on it Messi.
And the flyers, some of which carry an image of what appears to be a thousand-peso note with a drawing of Messi, claim that the Central Bank of Buenos Aires has issued an official coin with the image of this star who brought his country to win the FIFA World Cup in the Qatar World Cup 2022.
These publications have garnered hundreds of posts and tens of thousands of interactions on Arabic-language communication sites, as well as wide circulation in several languages around the world.
The appearance of these flyers comes after the end of the final match of the World Cup, in which Argentina defeated France on penalties, after a draw in regular time and extra time.
And Messi was able to repeat what his predecessor Diego Maradona did, the idol of Argentine fans, who led his country to its second world title with a series of impressive solo performances in Mexico in 1986.
After verifying these publications, it emerged that Argentina has not issued a coin with Messi’s image on it, and there is no trace of this news on any reliable source, knowing that news of this type would arouse the interest of global media.
A source of the Central Bank has denied the veracity of what is contained in these publications.
Fernando Alonso, a spokesman for the central bank, said: “We have no plans to issue a currency with the image of Messi.”
