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[[Image:Argentina 1889 centavo obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This specimen is one of a type struck 1882-96 for [[Argentina]], at the Paris mint or in Buenos Aires with French dies. The type is common but nice uncirculated specimens are undervalued. It is accompanied by a bronze [[Argentina 1888 2 centavos|two centavos]], a silver [[Argentina 1882 10 centavos|ten centavos]], [[Argentina 1882 20 centavos|twenty centavos]], fifty centavos and [[Argentina 1882 peso|peso]]. The one centavo was not struck again until 1939.

''Recorded mintage:'' 568,000, a somewhat better date.

''Specification:'' 5 g, bronze, 25 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Eugéne-André Oudiné (1810-1887).

''Catalog reference:'' KM 32. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cunietti-Ferrando, Arnaldo José, ''Monedas de la República Argentina,'' Asociación Numismática Argentina, Buenos Aires, 1965.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Janson, Hector Carlos, ''La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1574-2015,'' Buenos Aires, 2015.

''Link to:''
* [[Argentina 1888 centavo|1888 centavo]]
* [[Argentina 1888 2 centavos|1888 2 centavos]]
* [[France 1889-A 5 centimes]]
* [[Argentina 1889 5 pesos|1889 argentino]]
* [[Argentina 1894 centavo|1894 centavo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1889]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]