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| Issuer | Argentina |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | COPA MUNDIAL DE LA FIFA © 2002 FIFA TM 5 PESOS ALEMANIA 2006 (Translation: FIFA World Cup © 2002 FIFA TM 5 Pesos Germany 2006) |
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| Additional information |
Argentina's participation in commemorative issues tied to foreign-hosted World Cups was never guaranteed — the series reflects a deliberate push by the Argentine mint in the mid-2000s to expand its collector coin program into internationally recognized sporting events. Germany 2006 drew particular commercial interest in Argentina given the national team's strong qualifying campaign and the country's obsessive football culture, making domestic demand for this issue unusually high relative to comparable Latin American commemoratives of the period.