Argentina 1893 2 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a type struck 1882-96 for Argentina, most likely at the Paris mint or in Buenos Aires with French dies. 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 not resumed until 1939.

Recorded mintage: 5,473,000.

Specification: 9.91 g, bronze, 30 mm diameter. Designed by Oudiné.

Catalog reference: KM 33.

Source:

• Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
• 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.

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