Argentina 1962 5 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type, struck 1961-68, honors the Sarmiento, a sailing ship operated by the Argentine navy as a training vessel. The coinage was reformed in 1970, 1983, 1985 and 1992. Argentina was to suffer from bouts of hyperinflation for the next forty years, impoverishing a once prosperous region.

Recorded mintage: 12,634,000.

Specification: 4 g, nickel plated steel, 21.1 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 59.

Source:

• Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo, Monedas de la Republica Argentina, 4o Ed., Buenos Aires, Cooke & Cia., 1983.
• 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:

• 1959 peso
• 1968 10 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 1962
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