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1 Centavo
| Issuer | Argentine Confederation |
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| Year | 1854 |
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| Value | 1 Centavo (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the Sol de Mayo, a radiant sun with a humanised face rendered in low relief at the centre of the field, surrounded by alternating straight and wavy rays radiating to the periphery. The circumference is bordered by a continuous beaded inner rim. The legend CONFEDERACION ARGENTINA curves along the upper periphery, with the date 1854 inscribed in the lower exergual area, each element flanked by a small dot stop. |
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| Reverse lettering | TESORO NACIONAL BANCO UN CENTAVO |
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The Argentine Confederation was a short-lived federal arrangement that governed most of Argentina from 1831 to 1861, excluding the breakaway Province of Buenos Aires, which maintained its own separate government and finances. This 1854 copper issue was among the first standardized coinage struck for the Confederation, produced at the Birmingham mint under contract — domestic minting infrastructure being essentially nonexistent at the time. The political split with Buenos Aires meant the Confederation operated on chronically strained revenues, making even modest copper coinage a statement of institutional intent rather than fiscal strength.
The Birmingham provenance is confirmed by the CJ reference series, which documents the British contract issues exhaustively.