Argentina 1976 peso

from the Stonecat Collection

This type was struck 1974-76. Other issues for 1976 included a ten centavos (KM 66), twenty centavos (KM 67), fifty centavos (KM 68) and five pesos (KM 71). Raging inflation, a problem which still afflicts Argentina, made their circulating life brief.

Recorded mintage: 100,075,282.

Specification: 5 g, aluminum bronze, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 75.

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.

Links to:

• Argentina 1975 peso KM-Pn64 pattern
• 1978 20 pesos, World Cup
• Coins and currency dated 1976
• return to coins of Argentina