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2 Centavos
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1947-1950 |
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| Value | 2 Centavos (0.02 ARM) |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '2' dominates the central field, with the denomination legend CENTAVOS inscribed in capital letters immediately below. The entire denomination device is encircled by a wreath of laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon, their tips meeting at the upper centre of the design. A toothed border runs along the outer rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Argentina's postwar copper coinage of this period was a direct consequence of Perón's nationalization agenda. The 1946 acquisition of the Banco Central and subsequent monetary reforms pushed the government toward domestic metal sourcing, replacing the nickel-clad issues of the late 1930s. These copper centavos circulated heavily through a period of rapid industrial wage growth and price controls that made small denominations genuinely functional in daily commerce — until inflation gradually rendered them irrelevant by the early 1950s.