Argentina 1942 20 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type superseded Oudiné's portrait of liberty, used on the twenty centavos from 1896 to 1942, when the rising price of nickel forced the Argentine government to switch to aluminum bronze. The reverse pays tribute to two of Argentina's major products, wheat and beef. Similar designs were used on the contemporary five and ten centavos. The last twenty centavos piece was struck in 1961.

Recorded mintage: 10,255,000 (lowest mintage date).

Specification: 4.2 g, aluminum-bronze, 21.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 42.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1941 50 centavos
• 1942 2 centavos
• 1942 10 centavos, aluminum bronze
• 1945 5 centavos
• 1949 10 centavos
• 1949 20 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1942
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