Overview
- Argentina’s central bank said the 2,500 silver pieces priced at AR$235,000 each are no longer available after demand exceeded expectations.
- Santiago Bausili, the BCRA president, posted that additional editions will be minted, without providing quantities or timing.
- Buyers who completed payment and received confirmation can collect their coins at the BCRA stand at Reconquista 250, Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00.
- The coin is 925 silver, 27 grams and 40 mm in diameter, carries a symbolic face value of $10, and was minted by Spain’s Real Casa de Moneda as part of FIFA’s 2026 program.
- Media and social-media reactions intensified over the absence of Maradona’s name in the announcement, with legal image-rights considerations cited by some sources, and gold versions were reported for international sale.