Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Centavos
| Issuer | Argentina |
|---|---|
| Year | 1896-1942 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 10 Centavos (0.10 ARM) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Large denomination numeral '10' occupies the upper central field, with the word 'CENTAVOS' inscribed in a straight line immediately below. The central device is framed on both sides by a laurel and olive wreath, the two branches tied at the base with a decorative bow. The design is clean and typographic, with the wreath providing the sole ornamental element surrounding the denomination inscription. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
This long-running type spans nearly five decades and three major political regimes, surviving Argentina's shift from the oligarchic República Conservadora through the Radical governments of Yrigoyen and Alvear and into the early Concordancia period. The coin outlasted two world wars without a composition change — unusual given Allied pressure on copper-nickel supplies during 1914–18. Production was handled by the Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina in Buenos Aires throughout the entire run.
The series encompasses dozens of catalogued die varieties across the CJ references, with date punch differences and mintmark-style shifts distinguishing early from late emissions. The 1942 issue closed the type just before wartime metal economics forced a broader rethink of Argentine coinage alloys.