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20 Centavos José San Martin
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20 ARM) |
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| Obverse description | The large numeral '20' dominates the central field, with the denomination 'CENTAVOS' inscribed beneath it in smaller lettering. The circular legend 'REPUBLICA ARGENTINA' runs along the upper periphery, while the commemorative inscription 'AÑO DEL LIBERTADOR GENERAL SAN MARTIN 1950' curves along the lower periphery, marking the centenary year of San Martín's death. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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The 1950 Argentine 20 centavos belongs to a series explicitly rebranded under Perón's government to replace the earlier Libertad imagery with that of José de San Martín — a calculated appropriation of the national independence hero to reinforce Peronist nationalism. San Martín had died in voluntary exile in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1850, a century before this coin was struck, and the centenary was leveraged extensively in state propaganda that year.
The copper-nickel alloy was already under pressure by this period; Argentina would abandon it within a few years as raw material costs and economic instability forced repeated composition changes across the centavo series.