Argentina 1945 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type superseded Oudiné's portrait of liberty, used on the ten centavos from 1896 to 1942, when the rising price of nickel forced the Argentine government to switch to aluminum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 twenty centavos. The last ten centavos piece was struck in 1959.

Recorded mintage: 12,500,000.

Specification: 3 g, aluminum bronze, 19.5 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Eugéne-André Oudiné (1810-1887).

Catalog reference: KM 41.

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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• 1940 10 centavos, copper-nickel
• 1942 10 centavos, aluminum bronze
• 1945 2 centavos
• 1945 5 centavos
• 1946 2 centavos
• 1949 20 centavos
• 1949 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1945
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