Argentina 1891 2 centavos
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This specimen was lot 40508 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "ARGENTINA. 2 Centavos, 1891. NGC MS-65 Brown." This specimen is one of a type struck 1882-96 for Argentina, most likely at the Paris mint. The type is common but nice uncirculated specimens are undervalued. It is accompanied by a bronze centavo, a silver ten centavos, twenty centavos, fifty centavos and peso. The two centavos was terminated in 1896 and never resumed.
Recorded mintage: 8,050,000, the highest mintage date.
Specification: 9.91 g, bronze, 30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-33.
- Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1574-2015, Buenos Aires, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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