Argentina 1976 5 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type, struck 1976-77, recalled the sun face eight reales of the early Provincias del Rio de la Plata. Wide and narrow rim varieties exist. All dates are common. Raging inflation, a problem which still afflicts Argentina, made its circulating life brief. In 1970, 100 old pesos = 1 new peso; in 1983, 10000 pesos = 1 peso argentino; in 1985, 1000 pesos argentinos = 1 austral. Another reform would occur again in 1992.

Recorded mintage: 118,395,109 (118,353,000 per the SCWC).

Specification: 5.75 g, aluminum bronze, 23.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 71.

Source:

• 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:

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