View source for Argentina 1883 5 pesos

[[Image:Argentina 1883 5 pesos obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This is an example of a type struck 1881-96 from a design by Oudiné, most likely at the Paris mint. Its face value was five pesos and its weight exactly equal to 25 French francs in gold. This coin was formerly scarce until a hoard of several thousand was sold by Stack's in the mid 1990's.

''Recorded mintage:'' 906,000.

''Specification:'' 8.06 g, .900 fine gold, .233 troy oz AGW.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 31. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* Janson, Hector Carlos, ''La Moneda Circulante En El Territorio Argentino, 1767-1998,'' Buenos Aires, 1998. 

''Link to:''
* [[Argentina 1882 20 centavos|1882 20 centavos]]
* [[Argentina 1883 peso|1883 peso]]
* [[Argentina 1883 10 centavos|1883 10 centavos]]
* [[Argentina 1884 5 pesos|1884 5 pesos]]
* [[Argentina 1884 1/2 argentino|1884 ½ argentino (2½ pesos)]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1883]]
* return to [[Argentina]]

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