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5 Centavos
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1970-1975 |
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| Composition | Aluminium |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap, her hair flowing in loose waves, rendered in the classical style after the Oudine model. The effigy is set within a beaded border, with the circular legend REPUBLICA ARGENTINA arcing from lower left to upper right across the field. The word LIBERTAD appears along the lower rim, flanked by a five-pointed star on each side. |
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| Reverse description | The numeral '5' in a large, bold face occupies the upper centre of the field, with the denomination legend CENTAVOS inscribed below it in smaller lettering. A single upright olive or laurel branch rises along the left side, its stem curving gently at the base. The date appears in the exergue at the bottom of the field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Argentina's monetary situation in the early 1970s was deteriorating sharply under successive governments struggling with inflation that would eventually spiral into one of the worst currency crises in Latin American history. The shift to aluminium for this denomination was a direct cost-cutting measure — by 1970, the metal value of the previous bronze coinage had begun approaching face value. These circulated heavily through a period that saw three different heads of state in 1973 alone, and the series was effectively rendered obsolete when a new peso replaced the peso moneda nacional in 1970 — meaning this coin existed entirely within the transitional peso ley 18.188 system introduced that same year.