Argentina 1950 5 centavos KM-43

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen features the portrait of national hero José de San Martin, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule, who died in exile in 1850. This type, struck 1950, is the first of several subtypes struck during the fifties featuring his portrait. It is common in all grades. Commemorative ten and twenty centavos were also struck on this occasion.

Recorded mintage: 3,460,000 plus 13,500,000 of KM 40.

Specification: 2 g, copper-nickel, 17 mm diameter, designed by Mario Baiardi (1909-72).

Catalog reference: KM 43.

Source:

• Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, Monedas de la República Argentina, Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.

Link to:

• 1949 2 centavos
• 1949 10 centavos
• 1949 20 centavos
• 1950 10 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