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1/2 Real 8 Pointed Sun
| Issuer | Córdoba |
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| Year | 1850-1854 |
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| Diameter | 15 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Córdoba province struck its own fractional silver during the early 1850s under the authority of the Argentine Confederation, a period when no unified national coinage existed and individual provinces maintained independent monetary operations. The eight-pointed sun device tied the issue visually to the broader federalist symbolism circulating across the Río de la Plata region, though Córdoba's coins remained largely parochial in circulation — absorbed into local commerce and rarely traveling far.
The range of CJ references assigned to this type reflects documented die and date varieties across the emission's four-year span, a product of inconsistent provincial minting conditions rather than deliberate design revision.