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1/2 Real
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Buenos Aires |
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| Year | 1840 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The patriotic legend ¡VIVA LA FEDERACION! curves along the upper periphery, with the date 1840 positioned along the lower periphery. At center, the fractional denomination 5/10 is displayed within palm branches tied at the base with a bow. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ¡VIVA LA FEDERACION! 1840 5/10 |
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The Casa de Moneda de Buenos Aires operated under the government of the Province of Buenos Aires, not any unified Argentine state — the confederation was still decades from forming a coherent national monetary system. This copper fraction circulated during the Rosas era, when Juan Manuel de Rosas dominated provincial politics and trade through the port remained tightly controlled. Small copper pieces like this bore the practical weight of everyday market transactions that silver and early paper emissions could not efficiently serve.
CJ#17 cross-references place this among a short-lived copper series that was eventually demonetized as Buenos Aires moved toward paper currency dependency in the 1850s.