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5 Pesos Admiral G. Brown
| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Thickness | 1.819 mm |
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| Reverse description | Large numeral 5 dominates the centre of the field, with the denomination PESOS inscribed below and the date 1977 beneath that. A detailed sprig of two olive or grain branches rises along the left side of the field. The Buenos Aires mint mark Bs appears to the right of the numeral. The entire design is framed by a continuous beaded inner border matching that of the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 PESOS 1977 |
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Guillermo Brown — Irish-born, raised in Philadelphia, and eventually the founder of the Argentine Navy — died in 1857, but his coinage appearances track closely with Argentine naval ambitions and periodic nationalist revivals. This 1977 issue appeared under the military junta that had seized power in March 1976, a government that leaned heavily on patriotic iconography while conducting what it called the "Dirty War" against political dissidents.
The aluminium bronze alloy was adopted partly in response to chronic metal cost pressures that plagued Argentine coinage throughout the 1970s inflation cycle.