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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1942-1950 |
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| Engraver(s) | Lucien Georges Bazor |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a left-facing symbolic bust of Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap, rendered in bold relief. To the left of the effigy, an olive or laurel branch extends vertically along the field. The legend 'LIBERTAD' is inscribed to the right of the bust in upright Latin characters. The date of issue appears in the exergue below, separated from the main design by a horizontal line. The overall style reflects the classical allegorical tradition employed on Argentine coinage of the mid-twentieth century. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Argentina shifted this denomination to aluminium bronze during World War II, when nickel — previously used for smaller coinage — became a strategically restricted metal. The change had nothing to do with domestic economics and everything to do with Allied industrial priorities tightening global metal supply chains.
The series ran across nine catalogue numbers in the CJ reference, reflecting year-by-year die variations tracked by Argentine specialists rather than any dramatic redesign.