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1 Gramo
| Issuer | Tierra del Fuego |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A crossed pick and hammer, the traditional symbols of mining, are displayed at center against a stippled background representing mineral soil. The inscription EL PARAMO appears in the legend, along with the denomination UN GRAMO and the alloy fineness designation AU 864 AG 132, indicating the coin's gold and silver content. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tierra del Fuego's private token coinage of 1889 was issued by the Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego, the Chilean sheep-farming conglomerate that effectively controlled the southern tip of the continent as a private fiefdom. These pieces functioned as company scrip within an operation so remote that conventional currency rarely reached it. The gold content reflects pragmatic metallurgy rather than any state standard — the alloy was locally workable, not compliant with a national specification.
The CJ reference places this firmly in the Courtois-Jungermann catalogue of South American privately issued pieces, a classification that underscores its quasi-monetary but non-sovereign origin.