Argentina 1952 5 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is one of a type struck 1951-53 for Argentina at the Buenos Aires mint. Strangely, the ten centavos was switched from copper-nickel to nickel plated steel midway thru 1952 but this was not done with the five centavos.

Recorded mintage: 33,110,000.

Specification: 2 g, copper-nickel, 17.3 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Mario Baiardi (1909-72).

Catalog reference: KM 46.

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:

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