Argentina 1952 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a type struck 1951-53 for Argentina at the Buenos Aires mint. The issue of 1951-52 was copper nickel with a reeded edge (shown here) and the issue of 1952-53 was nickel plated steel with a plain edge. Both are essentially worthless in all grades. Strangely, this material substitution was not done with the similar five centavos (KM 46).

Recorded mintage: 67,328,000 of KM 47 (copper-nickel) plus 33,240,000 of KM 47a (nickel plated steel).

Specification: 3 g, copper-nickel (KM 47) or nickel plated steel (KM 47a), 19.3 mm diameter, reeded or plain edge, designed by Mario Baiardi (1909-72).

Catalog reference: KM 47 or 47a.

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:

• 1949 10 centavos
• 1950 10 centavos, José de San Martin
• 1950 20 centavos, José de San Martin
• 1950 50 centavos, José de San Martin
• 1952 5 centavos, José de San Martin
• 1954 50 centavos
• 1955 5 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1952