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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 - Buy Now:

