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5 Pesos (100th Birth Anniversary of writer Jorge Luis Borges)

Country:

Argentina

Series:

1992~Today - Pesos (Numismatic Products)

Catalog codes:

Col:AR-000156, WCC:km134

Themes:

Anniversaries and Jubilees | Authors | Famous People | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Literature | Sundials | Walls

Issued on:

1999

Last issue date:

1999

Distribution:

Numismatic Product

Mints:

Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

8.064 grams

Diameter:

22 mm

Face value:

5 $ - Argentine peso

Known mintage:

2,000

Composition Details:

900/1000 Gold .2333 oz. AGW. 100/1000 copper900/1000 Gold .2333 oz. AGW. 100/1000 copper

Score:

93% Accuracy: Medium

Related items:

2 (See)

Description:

Front: A Labyrinth with sundial inside
and (letter) N, (number) 4 and at entrance (sign) ∞
between (top, value) 5 PESOS and (bottom, year) 1999
legend: none
Back: Head short-story writer Jorge Luis Borges (left)
with truncation behind ears
* 24 August 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina
⚭ (1967) widow, Elsa Astete Millán ()
† liver cancer, 14 June 1986 (aged 86) Geneva, Switzerland
buried: Cimetière des Rois, Geneva
legend: (above, state name) REPUBLICA ARGENTINA
(left/right spacers/dots) •
(period years, low-left) 1899 and (low-right) 1999
(below, name) JORGE LUIS BORGES
Edge: G - grained, type: bars

Formerly known as: km102

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