Argentina 1950 10 centavos KM-44

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a type struck in 1950 for Argentina at the Buenos Aires mint to commemorate the centennial of the death of liberator José San Martin. Similar five, twenty and fifty centavos were issued.

Recorded mintage: 17,505,000 of KM 44 plus 42,825,000 of KM 41 (aluminum bronze).

Specification: 3 g, copper-nickel, 19.3 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Mario Baiardi (1909-72).

Catalog reference: KM 44.

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.

Link to:

• 1947 centavo
• 1947 2 centavos
• 1948 centavo
• 1949 2 centavos
• 1949 10 centavos
• 1949 20 centavos
• 1950 5 centavos, José de San Martin
• 1950 20 centavos, José de San Martin
• 1952 5 centavos, José de San Martin
• 1952 10 centavos, José de San Martin
• Coins and currency dated 1950