These pages show the different types of circulating coins produced in Argentina. My target audience is not so much the serious numismatist, but more the novice and casual collector. Coins can be collected in various manners: coins for circulation versus coins for collectors, individual coins versus sets or rolls, circulated coins versus mint state, every date and mint mark versus major types. This Web site presents information to help with assembling a "type" collection of individual circulated Swedish coins. What is "type" collecting? Type collecting is assembling coins of different designs. A type set generally excludes minor variations that include the same basic design. Examples are date change, and mint marks. Major variations in coin composition (such as a switch from silver to bronze) constitute a type change, but a minor variation (such as reeded to plain edge) do not represent a type change. Different collectors will have their own opinions of what coins should be included in a type collection. The following is my interpretation of significant year-to-year changes in Argentine circulating coins. The monetary system of Argentina (starting with the 1881) proceeded as follows: 1881- 100 Centavos = 1 Peso 10 Pesos = 1 Argentino 100 Centavos = 1 Austral 1/2 centavo Starting with 1985 1 centavo Starting with 1882-1896 2 centavo Starting with 1882-1896 5 centavo Starting with 1896-1942 10 centavo Starting with 1881-1883 20 centavo Starting with 1881-1883 25 centavo Starting with 1992-1993 50 centavo Starting with 1881-1883 1 peso Starting with 1881-1883 2 peso Starting with 2002 5 peso Starting with 1961-1968 10 peso Starting with 1962-1968 20 peso Starting with 1977-1978 25 peso Starting with 1964-1968 50 peso Starting with 1977-1978 100 peso Starting with 1977-1978 1/2 argentino Starting with 1881-1884 1 argentino Starting with 1881-1896 1 austral Starting with 1989 5 austral Starting with 1989 10 austral Starting with 1989 100 austral Starting with 1990-1991 500 austral Starting with 1990-1991 1000 austral Starting with 1990-1991

Other web pages of interest: Coins on Stamps: Argentina Mexican Coins: Type Collecting United States Coins: Type Collecting Australian Coins: Type Collecting This Day in History