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[[Image:Argentina 1965 5 pesos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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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:'' 19,450,000.

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

''Catalog reference:'' KM 59.

''[[Bibliography|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:''
* [[Argentina 1962 5 pesos|1962 5 pesos, ''Sarmiento'']]
* [[Argentina 1966 10 pesos KM-60|1966 10 pesos, gaucho]]
* [[Argentina 1966 10 pesos KM-62|1966 10 pesos, sesquicentennial of independence]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1965]]

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

Argentina 1965 5 pesos - Revision history

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