Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Peso Pattern - France
| Issuer | Argentina |
|---|---|
| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | CJ#113.1 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | UN PESO PROVINCIAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA 1994 (Translation: One Peso Provinces of the Rio de la Plata) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
In the early 1990s, Argentina was rebuilding monetary credibility from scratch after the catastrophic hyperinflation of the late 1980s had rendered the austral worthless. The 1991 Convertibility Law pegged the new peso one-to-one with the US dollar, and coin design became a surprisingly political exercise — multiple pattern submissions were evaluated before the final production type was settled. This piece represents the French proposal, one of at least two competing bimetallic configurations considered before Buenos Aires committed to the issued design.
The France attribution refers to the Monnaie de Paris as the originating mint for this pattern submission.