Argentina 1968 10 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type, struck 1962-68, honors the gaucho, the Argentine cowboy. 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: 36,588,000.

Specification: 4.9 g, nickel plated steel, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 60.

Source:

• Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998, Buenos Aires, 1998.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1959 peso
• 1962 5 pesos
• 1966 10 pesos, sesquicentennial
• 1968 25 pesos, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
• 2008 peso
• Coins and currency dated 1968
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